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The History Of Microphones

By liam_thorne_ilikepie

  • Phrase Microphone

    First time phrase, "microphone" is used by Sir Charles Wheatstone

  • Emile Berliner invents microphone

    Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter

  • Carbon Microphone

    In 1878, the carbon microphone was invented by David Edward Hughes

  • Radio Microphones

    With the invention of the radio, new broadcasting microphones were created. The ribbon microphone was invented in 1942 for radio broadcasting.

  • Electret

    In 1964, Bell Laboratories researchers James West and Gerhard Sessler received patent no. 3,118,022 for the electroacoustic transducer, an electret microphone.
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    New Microphones

    During the 1970's, dynamic and condenser mics were developed, allowing for a lower sound level sensitivity and a clearer sound recording.