<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">cylinders</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31430290</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:56:05</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">phonocylinders</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">phonograph cylinder</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">phonograph cylinders</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">wax cylinder</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">wax cylinders</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">audio cylinder</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">audio cylinders</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cylinder</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cylinder recording</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cylinder recordings</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cylinder records</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cylinder, phonograph</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">cylinders, phonograph</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Sound recordings invented by Thomas Edison in 1877. They were the earliest form of phonograph record, and were marketed commercially. Sound would be funnelled through a horn and against a diaphragm, which would vibrate. The resulting vibrations were transmitted to a stylus, which followed a helical path along a surface, usually wax, which coated a rotating cylinder. The resulting cylinder could be played by a cylinder phonograph.  ]]></dc:description></metadata>