听吧!世界上最古老的人类声音
上面这段嘈杂的声音是我们能够听到的最古老的人类声音(如播放器有问题,请点击这里收听或下载)。这段声音是法国民歌”Au Clair de la Lune”中的片段,被巴黎发明家Edouard-Leon Scott记录于1860年4月9日。这比爱迪生先生录制的“玛丽有个小绵羊(Mary had a little lamb)”要早17年。
当时记录用的仪器叫声波记振仪(phonautograph ),它的顶端是一根针,会随着声音移动,把声音的痕迹刻画在一张纸上,纸上盖满了从一盏油灯中取出的油烟。用声波记振仪绘出的图叫作语音描记图(phonautogram)。
1861年,Scott把这些语音描记图保存在了法国科学院。今年,声音历史学家David Giovannoni从法国科学院要到了这些图片的电子扫描版本,并由劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室的科学家们把声音复原了出来。
想了解更多,请看美联社的报道。
French recording may be world’s first
(via Y!News via AP) At first listen, the grainy high-pitched warble doesn’t sound like much, but scientists say the French recording from 1860 is the oldest known recorded human voice.
The 10-second clip of a woman singing “Au Clair de la Lune,” taken from a so-called phonautogram, was recently discovered by audio historian David Giovannoni. Read more.
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