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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Started conversation Sep 27, 2019
Entry: Mary Had a Little [Expletive Deleted]: Historical Moment in Sound Recording - A87950901
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni - Not Banned in China - U1590784
Just a little something I ran across this week. I thought it was too good to keep to myself.
A87950901 - Mary Had a Little [Expletive Deleted]: Historical Moment in Sound Recording
Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor Posted Sep 27, 2019
That's very interesting!
And now I have to wonder how they tried to record sound on paper. Did they crumple it in a scientific way?
A87950901 - Mary Had a Little [Expletive Deleted]: Historical Moment in Sound Recording
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Sep 27, 2019
No, they coated it with soot. They couldn't play it back (though we can, now) but they could look at the pattern it made.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89380697
A87950901 - Mary Had a Little [Expletive Deleted]: Historical Moment in Sound Recording
Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor Posted Sep 28, 2019
That's fascinating, thanks for the link!
Maybe you should remind the readers that they couldn't play it back at that time yet? Especially those squibbles on paper etc? I also found it very interesting that Scott didn't even *want* to play it back.
Also you might like to add a link to 'glass'. We have a few different Entries on that.
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Sep 28, 2019
Good ideas, both of them! Thank you. 
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Peer Review: A87950901 - Mary Had a Little [Expletive Deleted]: Historical Moment in Sound Recording
- 1: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Sep 27, 2019)
- 2: Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor (Sep 27, 2019)
- 3: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Sep 27, 2019)
- 4: Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor (Sep 28, 2019)
- 5: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Sep 28, 2019)
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