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[D8818ALU], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to W J McDonald (Merchant), June 1st, 1888

Title: [D8818ALU], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to W J McDonald (Merchant), June 1st, 1888
Editor's Notes: re your letter May 13th, TAE desire me to state that the third phonogram ever made was a disc. Discs are not as convenient for mailing as cylinders, when the latter are enclosed in round boxes.
Author: Tate, Alfred Ord
Recipient: McDonald, W J, (Merchant)
Mentioned: Edison, Thomas Alva
Date: 1888-06-01
Type: Letter
Subject: Cylinder record and duplicating technology; Disc record and duplicating technology
Folder ID: D8818-F
Microfilm ID: 122:342
Document ID: D8818ALU
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8818ALU
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 122

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