Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

Phonoautograph

A printer and bookseller who lived in Paris (1817–1879). He invented the earliest known sound recording device, the phonautograph, which was patented in France on 25 March 1857.

Literature

• Patrick Feaster (ed.), The Phonautographic Manuscripts of Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, FirstSounds.org, 2009.
• http://webistem.com/acoustics2008/acoustics2008/cd1/data/articles/001974.pdf

External links

• Scott's publications
• Scott's recordings
• Scott at Wikipedia