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Edison, for the record
Synopsis Some have claimed that it was on today’s date in 1877 that the American inventor Thomas Edison recorded his own voice reciting, “Mary had a little lamb” on a tinfoil cylinder of his own design. Other historians...
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Edison, for the record is an episode from Composers Datebook by American Public Media. Synopsis Some have claimed that it was on today’s date in 1877 that the American inventor Thomas Edison recorded his own voice reciting, “Mary had a litt...
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Published Aug 12, 2026, 00:02:00 long, audio available.
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