But they were only for visual study of the waves.
The inventor, Scott de Martinville, did not know how to play them back as audible tones.
That was not accomplished until 2008.
https://www.anecdote-du-jour.com/le-premier-enregistrement-de-voix-au-monde-date-de-1860/
Dang frogs always get credit for everything!
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