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In a scientific publishing house in Paris in 1853, a French bookseller, printer and inventor

by the name of Edward Leon Scott B. Martinville came up with what he called the imprudent idea

of photographing the word.

His idea was to make a machine that would replicate the human ear in order to capture spoken

words.

Scott called this process, phonotography, the self-writing of sound.

On March 25, 1857, Scott received the patent for the phonotograph, and three years later

on April 9, 1860, Scott recorded an unsettling rendition of all-clair de la lune, and

it wasn't until almost 20 years later that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, which

allowed Scott's song to be played for the very first time.

This audio is believed to be the very first sound recording in history.

Although it's a little difficult to listen to, Scott's recording is a stark reminder of

just how far we've come over the last 160 years.

Ever before has it been so easy for us to capture and share audio at a moment's notice.

From complex recording booths to simple handheld audio devices, it seems as though we are

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