In 1885, Thomas Edison wrote, I have not heard a bird sing since I was twelve.. No one is really sure just how Edison lost most of his hearing. Yet this man invented the first machine that could capture sound and play it back. In fact, the phonograph was his favorite invention. The first phonograph was invented in 1877 at the Menlo Park lab. A piece of tin-foil was wrapped around the cylinder in the middle. You shouted a short message into the piece on one side of the cylinder while you turned the handle. Inside this piece was a needle.
Seabrook is the Pacific Northwest's most popular vacation rental town on the Washington Coast.
Located ten miles from the shore in the Gulf of Maine in the Atlantic Ocean, the Isles are divided between the states of Maine and New Hampshire. Seven cities and towns comprise the New Hampshire Coast. From south to north they are: 1  Seabrook â Named after the Seabrook River, the town was settled in 1638 and incorporated in 1768. 2  The town features two miles of coastline and Seabrook Beach, a relatively quiet spot along Route 1A.