They have an audio recording of Queen Victoria's voice. The fun part about that, is that her grandfather was George III, born 1738, the king who reigned during the American revolutionary war. George III was born before the Great Britain even formed, in the kingdom of England when it was a sovereign nation. So we have a recording of the voice of a woman, grand daughter to george III, a man born in 1738, who in his lifetime would have met people born in the 1600s. Insane. Though its believed george never met victoria, he died 8 months after her birth and by that time he had lost his mind due to his illness. The past really isnt that long ago when you think about it.
I agree. You have to actively work to imagine people from history as real, breathing humans and not like concepts/icons/similar. When we have voices or moving images it is easier
I remember hearing my Victorian great grandparents recount stories from their long lives when I was a child. That connection with the past still fascinates me. 😊
The mechanical recording/playback technology is the same process going two ways. For recording, sound waves make a membrane vibrate, and a stylus attached to the membrane inscribes the vibrations as grooves on the recording medium. For playback, a stylus runs through the grooves that make it vibrate, and the vibrations of the stylus make a membrane vibrate, producing audible sound waves. It's the same thing a speaker does even nowadays, except the vibrations are produced by electrical current rather than mechanical transmission.
My grandfather used to collect these kind of machines. Gramophones, phonographs & other old recording machines. This is how I learned about Edison, and this astonishing story. My grandfather worked in this little shop in Haarlem, the Netherlands. And they sold these machines and old 78rpm records, and all the things that belonged with this time period. This is how I got interested in history, and stories. In a way, this is how I eventually ended up at this RUclips channel, and these reactions videos. It blows my mind how for me, this has gotten full circle. Thank you Connor, for making these videos!
Nursery rhymes are usually very old. I once asked myself how old the nursery rhyme "Now I lay me down to sleep" that you can hear in several movies and songs is. The answer: 17th century
Interestingly some early mechanical tv broadcasts were recorded onto gramophone discs and when decoded they could be played back, although it took decades for the technology to catch up to the point where they could be deciphered again.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder was indeed one of the most important figures for German unification. However, he is rarely remembered as such, or remembered at all (in Germany at least). This is probably due to, of course, Bismarck being the main political figure there, but also the fact that after WW2, the military aspects of German history are rarely highlighted (again, in Germany at least) at all, in order to avoid glorification and the rebirth of militarism. The diplomats and politicians of times gone are remembered much more.
Wow. Your endless curiosity about practically everything is so fascinating. I never realised. Baffling to bump into someone like myself, though I'm prone to wander along all possible side tracks aka interesting little snippets, sources, background information, references..
As far as i know, this man is dead now, but even if his son is still alive, it is still astonishing, to have a greatgrandfather, born in 1790. Btw., one of my greatgrandfathers was born 1877.
I totally agree how incredible it is love this kind of stuff connecting us to those people from the past as if to say welcome back. Not here in this but thought amazing the voice of Queen Victoria was recorded.
Finnish Eric Tigerstedt developed sound film technology that was used until the digitalization of films and further developed electron tubes for sound amplification, but he collaborated with Edison, so he probably took credit for those as well😅 I don't think Tigerstedt is very well known in Finland, despite his rather revolutionary inventions.
They have an audio recording of Queen Victoria's voice. The fun part about that, is that her grandfather was George III, born 1738, the king who reigned during the American revolutionary war. George III was born before the Great Britain even formed, in the kingdom of England when it was a sovereign nation. So we have a recording of the voice of a woman, grand daughter to george III, a man born in 1738, who in his lifetime would have met people born in the 1600s. Insane. Though its believed george never met victoria, he died 8 months after her birth and by that time he had lost his mind due to his illness. The past really isnt that long ago when you think about it.
George III., for example, met his own grandfather George II., who had been born in the 1680's
I agree. You have to actively work to imagine people from history as real, breathing humans and not like concepts/icons/similar.
When we have voices or moving images it is easier
I remember hearing my Victorian great grandparents recount stories from their long lives when I was a child. That connection with the past still fascinates me. 😊
The mechanical recording/playback technology is the same process going two ways. For recording, sound waves make a membrane vibrate, and a stylus attached to the membrane inscribes the vibrations as grooves on the recording medium. For playback, a stylus runs through the grooves that make it vibrate, and the vibrations of the stylus make a membrane vibrate, producing audible sound waves. It's the same thing a speaker does even nowadays, except the vibrations are produced by electrical current rather than mechanical transmission.
My grandfather used to collect these kind of machines. Gramophones, phonographs & other old recording machines. This is how I learned about Edison, and this astonishing story. My grandfather worked in this little shop in Haarlem, the Netherlands. And they sold these machines and old 78rpm records, and all the things that belonged with this time period. This is how I got interested in history, and stories. In a way, this is how I eventually ended up at this RUclips channel, and these reactions videos. It blows my mind how for me, this has gotten full circle. Thank you Connor, for making these videos!
Nursery rhymes are usually very old. I once asked myself how old the nursery rhyme "Now I lay me down to sleep" that you can hear in several movies and songs is. The answer: 17th century
Although the words are difficult or impossible to distinguish, the tune of "Au clair de la lune" is unmistakeable!
I can still understand part of the song.
Interestingly some early mechanical tv broadcasts were recorded onto gramophone discs and when decoded they could be played back, although it took decades for the technology to catch up to the point where they could be deciphered again.
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder was indeed one of the most important figures for German unification. However, he is rarely remembered as such, or remembered at all (in Germany at least). This is probably due to, of course, Bismarck being the main political figure there, but also the fact that after WW2, the military aspects of German history are rarely highlighted (again, in Germany at least) at all, in order to avoid glorification and the rebirth of militarism. The diplomats and politicians of times gone are remembered much more.
But there are still conaisseuers , who know german Military History started in 955, Lechfeld battle, exactly 1000 years before Bundeswehr was founded.
there are also recordings of Bismarck's voice ...
I married my wife just a few years ago, somehow her voice is all that is left on my hard drive nowadays.
Wow. Your endless curiosity about practically everything is so fascinating. I never realised. Baffling to bump into someone like myself, though I'm prone to wander along all possible side tracks aka interesting little snippets, sources, background information, references..
There is a man alive in America today whose grandfather was born in 1790. His grandfather was John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States.
As far as i know, this man is dead now, but even if his son is still alive, it is still astonishing, to have a greatgrandfather, born in 1790. Btw., one of my greatgrandfathers was born 1877.
I totally agree how incredible it is love this kind of stuff connecting us to those people from the past as if to say welcome back. Not here in this but thought amazing the voice of Queen Victoria was recorded.
There's something very beautiful about what is lost
Finnish Eric Tigerstedt developed sound film technology that was used until the digitalization of films and further developed electron tubes for sound amplification, but he collaborated with Edison, so he probably took credit for those as well😅 I don't think Tigerstedt is very well known in Finland, despite his rather revolutionary inventions.
damn, my dad is going to be 62 in a couple of weeks. Shit is crazy.
It's chilling. I feel like I'm listening to ghosts.
"We are dwarves, standing on the shoulders of giants"
Edison is the biggest copycat in history
In case of Telephone a german Philipp Reis could be real Inventar.
vinyl records work in the same way
Have you never seen and played a vinyl record?
This is interesting
Connor do you think he would, or even could, have imagined we would be listening to his voice in 2024????......
Read about piezo electric crystals, fascinating stuff.
One day, at some point, someone will listen to you with a fascination with the😢 past. Maybe, one day, you'll be nothing but evidence.
it was a different time under Edison, so the invention could be made money