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Information Theory Unit
Richard W. Hamming, Morristown, and Bernard D. Holbrook, Madison, N.J., assignors to Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Application January 11, 19…
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Electronic Music Inquiry Unit
This hands-on activity shows how to make a hand drum that creates percussion sounds. Materials Mini Glue Gun and Glue Stick Hole Punch Drawing Compass Thread or Yarn (Waxed thread wor…
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Radio Inquiry Unit
Radio Inquiry Unit While serving in the U.S. Army during World War I, Armstrong synthesized three ideas to create his superheterodyne circuit for selectively amplifying a very high fr…
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Radio Inquiry Unit
Radio Inquiry Unit According to the E.H. Armstrong, wireless receiving system patent, “The present invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and connections o…
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Radio Inquiry Unit
Radio Inquiry Unit From the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Visit Source Download PDF …
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Inquiry Unit
Chances are good that you and your friends don’t get your music in the same way that your parents did. Their generation was much more likely to hear a new song on the radio and go out to Sam Goody's…
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Electronic Music Inquiry Unit
The Telharmonium - An Apparatus for the Electrical Generation and Transmission of Music In 1895 Thaddeus Cahill submitted his first patent for the Telharmonium “The Art of and Apparatus for Gener…
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Electronic Music Inquiry Unit
This document includes historical insight on Edison’s Tinfoil Phonograph, including presenting it to President Rutherford B. Hayes, as well as a demonstration to live audience. Visit Source 1 Vi…
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Electronic Music Inquiry Unit
This document includes a permanent record of vinyl recordings mentioned in the IEEE REACH Electronic Music Inquiry Unit made available via Discogs.com. Discogs does not require a login and provides…
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Electronic Music Inquiry Unit
Thaddeus Cahill's Patent: Art of and Apparatus For Generating and Distributing Music Electronically This document includes all ten photos from the Thaddeus Cahill patent and some of the written doc…
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