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... phonograph . Hooke observed that it is " not impossible to hear a whisper a furlong's distance , it having been already done ; and perhaps the nature of things would not make it more impossible , although that furlong be ten times ...
... phonograph . Hooke observed that it is " not impossible to hear a whisper a furlong's distance , it having been already done ; and perhaps the nature of things would not make it more impossible , although that furlong be ten times ...
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... phonograph record . It is no disparagement of either the phonograph or the telephone to suggest that their special functions do not take the place of a dynamic imaginative life , nor does an extra bath- room , however admirably ...
... phonograph record . It is no disparagement of either the phonograph or the telephone to suggest that their special functions do not take the place of a dynamic imaginative life , nor does an extra bath- room , however admirably ...
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... Phonograph ( Edison ) 1877 : Model flying machine ( Kress ) 1878 : Centrifugal cream separator ( De Laval ) 1879 : Carbon glow lamp ( Edison ) 1879 : Electric railroad 1880 : Cup and cone ball - bearing in bicycle 1880 : Electric ...
... Phonograph ( Edison ) 1877 : Model flying machine ( Kress ) 1878 : Centrifugal cream separator ( De Laval ) 1879 : Carbon glow lamp ( Edison ) 1879 : Electric railroad 1880 : Cup and cone ball - bearing in bicycle 1880 : Electric ...
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CULTURAL PREPARATION | 9 |
AGENTS OF MECHANIZATION | 60 |
THE EOTECHNIC PHASE | 107 |
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