National Geographic

VIDEO: "Ghostly" Audio Is Oldest Known

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080331-recording-video-ap.html"> <img src="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/images/thumbs/080331-recording-video-ap_60x40.jpg" height="40" width="60" alt="image" /> </a> </td> <td valign="top"> <p>"It's ghostly. It's magic, " said an expert who heard the 1860 French recording of a human voice. The audio predates Edison's recording by 17 years.</p> </td> </tr></table>