World First Earphone/Headphone: You all must be aware of the role played by earphones, earbuds or headphones in a congested area like Delhi. In the metro today, usually every person has either earphones or headphones in their ears. Today earphones are also available in the market for 40 to 50 rupees. Do you know how the earphones that you are able to buy so cheaply today started? What did the world’s first airplane look like? Hardly anyone would know about this. Today, through this article, we will tell you how the world’s first earphone looked like, when it was made and then how the headphones started.
Idea of earphone/headphone came from telephone receiver
The idea of headphones or earphones came through the telephone. At that time, people could hear the electrical signal through sound only through telephone. The idea of earphone or headphone flourished from the receiver part of the telephone itself and then work started on it. Let me tell you, in 1880 the first headphone was used by a telephone operator which was made by Ezra Guilliland. It could not be called a headphone because it had only one earpiece for listening while on the other hand there was a receiver of the headphone in the shoulder. The weight of this headphone was 4.5 kg. After this, in 1891, a French engineer Ernest Mercadier started working on earphones. After doing many experiments, he succeeded in making a small earphone which he patented under the name of “bi-telephone”. This was called the world’s first earphone.
The first true headphones evolved this year
The world’s first headphone was developed by the British company Electrophone in 1894. The company invented headphones so that its customers could sit at home and listen to current news or live performances in theaters in Britain. These headphones were slightly different from today’s headphones and looked like a stethoscope that had to be held by hand.
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After this, in 1910, the American Navy was looking for new methods of radio communication. Nathaniel Baldwin, an engineer from the same era, invented the first generation of modern headphones. These headphones looked similar to the headphones used today. It is said that this headphone was invented by Nathaniel Baldwin while sitting at the kitchen table. After this, he showed the model of this headphone to an American Navy officer, but then people did not pay much attention to this headphone. After some trials, Navy officers found that this headphone was better than all the headphones invented earlier and the voice was heard clearly in it. It was also very comfortable to use these headphones. After this, as the technology got better, new and advanced earphones and headphones kept coming.
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