In a dimly-lit room in the back of London’s Egyptian Hall, a few curious people had gathered. Each had paid a shilling for the privilege of seeing the object standing in the centre of the room. A grotesque device it was — the mask of a woman’s face, framed in the fashionable ringlets of the day, … Read the rest
Category: Historical
The Voice in the Soot: Humanity’s Earliest Known Recording
This is the first known dated recording of the human voice, recorded in 1860 but only played back for the first time in 2008:
Au Clair de la Lune, 1860
Au Clair de la Lune, March 2008 release by First Sounds / CC BY.
Creepy, isn’t it? It reminds me … Read the rest