 Billing emigrated to Australia after World War I.It was in Australia that he patented a recording system intended to produce laterally-cut disc records with ten times the capacity of existing systems.Billing's "World Record Controller" fitted onto a standard spring-wound gramophone, using a progressive gearing system to initially force the turntable speed down from 78 rpm to 33 rpm and then gradually increase rotational speed of the record as it played, so that the linear speed at which the recorded groove passed the needle remained constant.