Working Papers
Here we share our research as it progresses. Our Working Papers contain our best information at the moment, and they are updated whenever we learn more. In many cases they contain the first general publication, and/or the first modern publication, of historically significant source materials.
1. Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville's "Principes de Phonautographie"
Scott's earliest account of the phonautograph, including his very first experiments.
2. Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville's 1857 Phonautograph Patent and 1859 Certificate of Addition
Scott's only drawings of his phonautographs survive in this patent application.
3. Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville's "Fixation Graphique de la Voix"
Scott's explanation of phonautography to a general audience.
4. Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville's 1861 Communication to the Académie des Sciences
Scott's most technically-adept recordings survive in this deposit.