Charles Sumner Tainter, 1854 -1940.

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Title

Charles Sumner Tainter, 1854 -1940.

Subject

Portraits.; Tainter, Charles Sumner-- 1854-1940.;

Description

Inventor and associate of Alexander Graham Bell. Opened a shop in Cambridge to make scientific instruments, invented the gramophone and the dictaphone, developed hard, flat disc wax record, collaborated with Bell for 7 years. Won a dispute with Thomas Edison in 1887 over a patent claim on phonograph.

Contributor

Watertown Free Public Library

Rights

Management Restrictions apply. See application form at http://watertownlib.org/research/historic-watertown/photographs

Identifier

figure 831

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Citation

“Charles Sumner Tainter, 1854 -1940.,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 24, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/57096.

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