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... machines . Several years later , two U.S. inventors , Chichester A. Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter , developed an arrange- ment much like Edison's , except that their machine cut or engraved the groove in a cylindrical surface of wax ...
... machines . Several years later , two U.S. inventors , Chichester A. Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter , developed an arrange- ment much like Edison's , except that their machine cut or engraved the groove in a cylindrical surface of wax ...
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... machines reached the hands of the public until after the mid - 1930s . The low - cost , single - play phonograph ... machines with friction governors were used for many years . The weight supplied a constant torque , and the governor was ...
... machines reached the hands of the public until after the mid - 1930s . The low - cost , single - play phonograph ... machines with friction governors were used for many years . The weight supplied a constant torque , and the governor was ...
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... Machines , the largest theatre in Europe . It was 226 feet ( 69 metres ) long , only 94 feet of which was occupied by the auditorium . Its stage , 132 feet ( 40 metres ) deep , had a proscenium arch only 32 feet ( ten metres ) wide ...
... Machines , the largest theatre in Europe . It was 226 feet ( 69 metres ) long , only 94 feet of which was occupied by the auditorium . Its stage , 132 feet ( 40 metres ) deep , had a proscenium arch only 32 feet ( ten metres ) wide ...
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