Phonograph Cylinder

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Sound recording medium
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Edison cylinder
Record cylinder
gptkbp:category 19th-century inventions
Obsolete technology
Audio storage
gptkbp:declinedAfter 1910s
gptkbp:diameter 2.25 inches
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Phonograph Cylinder
gptkbp:introducedIn 1877
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Thomas_Edison
gptkbp:length 2 minutes
4 minutes
4.25 inches
gptkbp:material gptkb:Celluloid
wind
gptkbp:notableBrand gptkb:Columbia_Phonograph_Company
gptkb:Pathé_Records
gptkb:Edison_Records
gptkbp:popularFor 1890s
gptkbp:precededBy Tinfoil phonograph
gptkbp:recordingMethod Mechanical analog
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dictaphone
Gramophone record
gptkbp:replacedBy Gramophone record
gptkbp:shape Cylinder
gptkbp:storage about 2-4 minutes of audio
gptkbp:usedFor Audio recording
Phonograph
Audio playback
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wire_Recording
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7