Edison's Phonograph and the Competition Between Them

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone was quickly superseded by the attention that Edison's improvements drew and then by Edison's phonograph this was especially galling because Bell had come so close to inventing the phonograph himself. Here's a direct quote from Bell saying he thinks his improvements will lead to a large fortune what you're going to see here is Edison Bell other inventors some of their workers they all thought they were gonna print money but most times they did not time would show that he really did not have the germ of the idea for what would become formidable competition for the phonograph.