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Sound-record ring

Patent drawing of a hand-cranked toy phonograph mechanism showing a round sound head with funnel, a diaphragm reproducer riding on a threaded shell, a fly-wheel, and a crank handle, with a separate detail view of the spring-loaded tripping lever.

PHONOGRAPH.Charles Batchelor · April 2, 1889

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