November 15th 1896, The Phonoscope

The Phonoscope

“A Monthly Journal Devoted to Scientific & Amusement Inventions appertaining to Sound & Sight.”

VOICES OF THE DEAD. - The Possibilities of the Talking Machine.

EDISON. How he Works and Rests.

TALKING MACHINES. The Phonograph, Graphophone,
Gramophone and Metaphone.

AUTOMATIC SLOT MACHINES. New Devices and Items
of General Interest.

’GRAPHS, ’PHONES AND ’SCOPES. The Artograph, Zero
graph, Radiophone, Megaphone and Cathoscope.

THE X-RAYS. Its Successful Practical Uses. Dangerous
Effects by Its Use.

RECENT INVENTIONS. The Duplex Diaphragm. The
Multiplex Phonograph.

THE TALKING MACHINE LITIGATION. Dispute Between the Phonograph and Graphophone Interests.

PICTURE PROJECTING DEVICES. Devices for Project
ing, Enlarging and Animating Photographs of Objects in
Motion. The Vitascope, Phantoscope, Eidoloscope, Bio
graph, Cinematographe, Theatrograph and Kineopticon.

NEW RECORDS FOR TALKING MACHINES. New Records Manufactured by the Leading Companies.

THE LATEST POPULAR SONGS. List of the latest successes.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. Trade Notes. News and Interviews. Foreign Correspondence. New Films for Projecting Devices. Exhibitors Directory. Letters. Talent.
Screen Squibs. General .News Relating to Inventions
Appertaining to Sound and Sight.
Principle Features of this Number.

As ever, many thanks to the unsleeping scanner of World Radio History for this gem. We’ll get to the charts of the era eventually, but not before some unspeakable horrors and duplicity.

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