phonautographn.
/fə(ʊ)ˈnɔːtəɡrɑːf/, /fə(ʊ)ˈnɔːtəɡraf/, U.S. /foʊˈnɔdəˌɡræf/, /foʊˈnɑdəˌɡræf/ Now historical.
An apparatus for automatically recording sound vibrations, incorporating a membrane which vibrates in response to sound waves and has a point attached which makes a tracing on a revolving cylinder.
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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > instrument for analysing vibration > [noun] > with visible output
phonautograph1859
phonoscope1868
time marker1869
phonograph1875
phoneidoscope1878
harmonograph1879
tonophant1895
vibrograph1904
1859 Times 22 Sept. 9/2 (Brit. Assoc.) Section A. Phonatograph [sic], or Apparatus for the Self-Registering of the Vibrations of Sound. By Messrs. Scott and Kœnig... These splendid results of the powers of the phonautograph were never seen before the Aberdeen meeting.
1879 tr. Du Mancel Telephone 11 This telephone..is based on the vibrating membrane of which Mr. L. Scott made use in his phonautograph, in 1855.
1929 Sci. Monthly Apr. p. ix/1 Recording instruments such as the phonautograph, phonograph and oscillograph are discussed.
1977 Gramophone Apr. 1621/2 After the Phonautograph was demonstrated in London in 1859, Prince Albert is said to have diverted Queen Victoria with it.
Derivatives
phonautoˈgraphic adj.
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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > instrument for analysing vibration > [adjective]
phonautographic1877
phoneidoscopic1880
spectrographic1884
sound-spectrographic1947
melographic1970
1877 Nature 3 May 12/2 The capabilities of various membranes of taking impressions from vocal sounds for phonautographic purposes.
1891 R. Routledge Discov. & Inventions 19th Cent. (ed. 8) 554 (caption) Fig. 319b.—Phonautographic tracings of different vowel sounds.
1989 A. F. Nmungwun Video Recording Technol. ii. 30 Charles Cros' idea of reproducing original sound on a photo-engraved relief or intaglio phonautographic record through the reaction of a stylus on a diaphragm.
phonautoˈgraphically adv. rare by means of a phonautograph.
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the world > matter > physics > science of sound > vibration > instrument for analysing vibration > [adverb]
phonautographically1888
spectrographically1900
1888 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Jan. 53 The method..of reproducing sounds recorded phonautographically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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