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... began to manufacture and market this machine as his own invention . Given its first public demonstration on April 23 , 1896 , at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York City , the Edison Vitascope brought projection to the United ...
... began to manufacture and market this machine as his own invention . Given its first public demonstration on April 23 , 1896 , at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York City , the Edison Vitascope brought projection to the United ...
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... began their activities about 1150 and continued for almost a century after their French counterparts had ceased composing . Late in the 13th century the burgher class in Germany began imitating the aristocratic Min- nesingers . Calling ...
... began their activities about 1150 and continued for almost a century after their French counterparts had ceased composing . Late in the 13th century the burgher class in Germany began imitating the aristocratic Min- nesingers . Calling ...
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... began to appear , most people came to live in an environment sharply modified by human activity . By the mid - 20th century , the people of the United States had killed off about four - fifths of the nation's wildlife , cut more than ...
... began to appear , most people came to live in an environment sharply modified by human activity . By the mid - 20th century , the people of the United States had killed off about four - fifths of the nation's wildlife , cut more than ...
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