A Major Difference Between Sound Recordings Made by Emile Berliner

question 28

Multiple Choice

A major difference between sound recordings made by Emile Berliner and those made by Thomas Edison was that ______.

• A)Berliner's disks were flat
• B)Edison's disks could be mass produced
• C)Edison's disks were coated with lamp black
• D)Berliner's disks were made of vinyl
• E)None of the above options is correct.

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Definitions:

Entropy Principle

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