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New York and Mississippi Printing Telegraph Company
The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company is founded
in Rochester, New York, which will become Western Union -- this major
message service also offered delivery of Telegram -
New York and MIssissippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company
The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company acquires several
competing companies and changes its name to Western Union; its service of delivering
Telegrams will continue until January 27, 2006 -- 150 years after the name change. -
Western Union
Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line -- providing fast,
coast-to-coast communications during the U.S. Civil War. -
Christopher Latham Sholes of Danville
Christopher Latham Sholes of Danville, PA and his colleagues, Carlos Glidden and
Samuel Soulé developed the first practical typewriter (and the QWERTY keyword.) -
The Remington Arms
The Remington Arms company signs a deal to market Sholes' Typewriter under their
name; later they merge with the Rand company to form Remington-Rand. -
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell issued a patent for the Telephone on March 7th. By the early
1800's many experimental uses were attempted for this invention including what was
later called "Audio Theatre" -- plays and readings performed over the telephone -
Edison
Edison invents the cylinder "phonograph" used to record and playback sound. Originally
thought to be useful as a business machine for dictation (like the dictaphone which would
come later.) Other uses: recordings of plays pre-dating Radio Drama nearly 50 years. -
The Lumiere Brothers
The Lumiere Brothers use (piano) music with a motion picture program (of
short subjects) for the first time at a Dec. 28th -screening at the Grand Café in Paris -
Orchestra
An orchestra is used with (silent) motion pictures for the first time in April in London -
Shellac
Shellac gramophone disks developed by Emile Berliner - speeds will vary on discs
issued by companies in different countries (80 rpm was used on some British recordings) -
Four- Channel
A four-channel noise reduction system for optical sound tracks on 35mm film is
introduced by Dolby labs (originally called "Dolby Stereo".) -
Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown invents the gyroscopic Steadicam, a motion picture camera stabilizer
mount, worn by the cameraman himself, first used in the movie "Rocky.
