Edison Tin Foil Phonograph
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1878
name: label: maker
content: Edison, Thomas Alva
notes: label: Location
content: Currently on loan
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Orange
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Thomas A. Edison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.291276
label: catalog number
content: 291276
label: accession number
content: 59985
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Phonograph
label: Other Terms
content: Phonograph; Mechanical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall: base material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall: base material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal: brass (part: cylinder material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal: tin foil (part: cylinder covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (part: mouth-piece material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 30 in x 13 in; 35.56 cm x 76.2 cm x 33.02 cm
label: Measurements
content: base, wood: 2 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 29.21 cm x 44.45 cm
label: Measurements
content: base, iron: 16 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in; x 41.275 cm x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: shaft: 28 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; x 72.39 cm x 3.50012 cm
label: Measurements
content: thread: 6 1/2 in; 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: wheel: 11 5/8 in; x 29.5275 cm
label: Measurements
content: cylinder: 5 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; x 13.335 cm x 13.97 cm