Chronomedia 1886

1886	Chronomedia index Numbers after entries link to the list of references.	links and notes
May 4	Patents for a wax disc/cylinder gramophone are granted to Chichester Bell, Charles Sumner Tainter and Alexander Graham Bell. Their improvement on Edison’s original phonograph is called a graphophone. What is lacks in sound volume compared with Edison’s tin-foil cylinders, it more than gains in clarity and reduced surface noise. Although more suitable for listening through ear-tubes, it also allows for greater recording time per cylinder by using a narrower groove pitch. It can be powered by foot-treddles or an electric motor, resulting in a more consistent pitch.	à 1889
May 8	Coca-Cola soft drink, invented by Dr John S Pemberton, an American druggist, goes on sale in Atlanta, Georgia.
July 3	Linotype machine is first employed for practical typesetting by the New York Tribune.
November	Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (1842-90?) applies for a US patent for a 16-lens moving picture camera and projector, granted on 10 January 1888.
l	Eugène Lauste (1856-1935), who had filed 53 patents in France by 1879, begins working for Edison. He stays until 1892. [0025]	ß 1885
l	Up to 60 per cent of major British newspapers, such as The Times, is devoted to advertising.
l	International Convention for the protection of Literary and Artistic Works establishes Berne Convention on Copyright (revised Berlin 1908, Rome 1928, Brussels 1948, Stockholm 1967, Paris 1971).