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Volta Laboratory Experimental Sound Recording, Green Wax on Brass Disc
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This is an experimental sound recording made in the Volta Laboratory, Washington, D.C., about 1884. The wax, poured into a brass holder, has been dyed a bright green.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineVolta Laboratory Experimental Sound Recording, Green Wax on Brass Disc. 1883-1885. Volta Laboratory Associates. National Museum of American History, Gift of Alexander Graham Bell. CC0.
