The Cromwell Wall family of England had a wax cylinder phonograph on which they recorded family events,...  ...m 1902 to 1917. The Museum of London obtained the cylinders in 2008, and now they are digitized for all to he...  ...nd good condition, but because the phonograph and cylinders...

Mac vs PC, VHS vs. Betamax, and Blu-Ray vs. HD DVD...  ...ds for the phonograph. Edison first pioneered the wax cylinder in the 1880s. He originally intended it as a mean...  ...ans of recording telephone conversations, but the cylinders soon became a popular format for musical recordin...  ...fications, they we...