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| DescriptionConversazione of the Royal Society of Victoria.jpg |
English: Wood engraving published in The illustrated Australian news, depicting a public demonstration of the phonograph at the Society's annual conversazione on 8 August, 1878, along with a range of other new inventions, including the microphone. The phonograph was first demonstrated in Australia on 14 June, 1878 to a meeting of the Royal Society of Victoria by the Society's Honorary Secretary, Alexander Sutherland, who published "The Sounds of the Consonants, as Indicated by the Phonograph" in the Society's journal in November that year. This image depicts Sutherland demonstrating the phonograph to guests of the Society at the conversazione (top left). |
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| Source | Wood engraving published in The illustrated Australian news, digitised by the State Library of Victoria: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=SLV_VOYAGER1696753&context=L&vid=MAIN&search_scope=Everything&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US |
| Author | Published in the Illustrated Australian News by Ebenezer and David Syme, artist unknown. |
| Camera location |  | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap |  -37.807700; 144.969300 |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1931. |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | |
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Wood engraving published in The illustrated Australian news, depicting a public demonstration of new technology at the Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) on 8 August, 1878.
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