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Uploaded by on Mar 28, 2008

Thomas Edison wasn't the first person to record sound. A Frenchman named Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville actually did it earlier.

He invented a device called the phonautograph, and, on April 9, 1860, recorded someone singing the words, "Au clair de la lune, Pierrot repondit." But he never had any intention of playing it back. He just wanted to study the pattern the sound waves made on a sheet of paper blackened by the smoke of an oil lamp.

A group of researchers found some of his old phonautograph papers and used a computer program to play the recording.

"Au clair de la lune,
Mon ami, Pierrot..."

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  • i remember listening to it 150 years back on my i-stone

  • Better than Junstin bieber

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  • reminds me of uncle lou singing in the shower. thats all i have to say on the matter.

  • Justin Bieber's great grandfather

  • Rebecca Black without autotune!

  • This is beautiful and everthingl.....the mechanics are miraculous

    ,,,,,, but i listened to it alone in my room at 2 PM....................and SHAT myself

  • @frazblue2 Love you man LOL.

  • So where was the usb connection on that thing?

  • I thought the first sound was of some bees in a glass!

  • sleep ? what is sleep ? i dont need it !

  • amazing thanks

  • awesome but bad quality

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