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The Edison Business Phonograph
On
November 7, 2004, Turner Classic Movies broadcast as part of a series (More
Treasures from the American Film Archives), "The Stenographer's
Friend" (1910), an early infomercial from Edison Studios promoting an
office dictating machine. In addition to the entertaining humor of
the 8 minute film story, it presents an opportunity to see a
contemporaneous demonstration of the prior art cylinder machine .
How many inventions or claims are disclosed?
The movie clips are available on the Library of Congress web site. Part 1 shows the problem to be solved; Part 2 shows the solution. Other quaint 'business methods' disclosed:
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| Part 1 (mpeg 37 MB) | Part 2 (mpeg 39 MB) |
| Part 1 (Quicktime 14 MB) | Part 2 (Quicktime 14 MB) |