Berliner
EMILE, an American inventor and telephone expert; born in Hanover, Germany, May 20, 1851. He studied at Wolfenbüttel and came to America in 1870. In 1878 he was made chief inspector of instruments for the Bell Telephone Co. He showed remarkable ingenuity and invented the microphone and the gramophone, and secured many patents on improvements to the telephone. In 1908 he turned his attention to aeroplanes and invented the lightweight revolving cylinder internal combustion motor which was extensively used. He wrote a number of articles on religious and philosophical questions.
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