Telephone Transmitter Carbon Microphone

Edison invented and developed the carbon microphone used in all telephones along with the Bell receiver until the 1980s. After protracted patent litigation, in 1892 a federal court ruled that Edison and not Emile Berliner—was the inventor of the carbon microphone. The carbon microphone was also used in radio broadcasting and public address work through the 1920s.

Keywords

telephone, sound, sound waves, telecommunications, carbon microphone, Bell receiver, radio broadcasting, human voice, electrical signals, telephone networks, optical signals

Galleries

Telephone and Telegraph Industry

Source

Government Printing Office The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1895)

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