On this Day Factola July 26, 1848 Henri Lioret's Birthday   Courtesy HENRI LIORET, CLOCKMAKER AND PHONOGRAPH PIONEER by Julien Anton ©2006   "French clockmaker and inventor Henri Lioret first developed a talking doll in 1893 using a small celluloid cylinder, and by 1897 he had developed a completely original type of musical cylinder unlike that of any other manufacturer." See the UCSB article on Lioret cylinders for more information. (2)   Several examples of Lioret cylinders courtesy of UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive       FRENCH BISQUE "BEBE PHONOGRAPHE" BY EMILE JUMEAU WITH LIORET MECHANISM ca. 1895 (Courtesy of Thereault's The Doll Master Auction House)     Window dedicated to Henri Liroret located in the Museum of Sound Discovery     Phonograph of Lioretgraph N° 3 circa 1899 (Courtesy of Vichy Enchères)       Lioret P3 Phonograph (Courtesy of Phonorama.fr)       Caricature of French watchmaker and inventor Henri Lioret (1848–1938) with his watch La Cigale. (Wikipedia Commons via phonorama.fr) Artist: Coll-Toc (pseudonym which would designate a duo of caricaturists) (1)                           July 26 - On this Day Factola .