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Hieroglyphics are an original form of writing out of which all other forms have evolved. Museo Egizio, Papyrus Collection, Turin Papyrus Online Database, Book of the Dead, A 14-meter-long papyrus f…
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An optical telegraph with a line of stations, typically towers, that was used to convey textual information by means of visual signals. It was comprised of pole on top of a tower, and a pivoting cross…
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Information Theory Unit
Information Theory Unit Cuneiform was one of the first writing systems, developed 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia to record information on clay tablets. By asking students to record current …
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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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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 Art of Noises - Futurist Manifesto “L'arte dei rumori (The art of noises) takes the form of a letter from artist and instrument builder Luigi Russolo to the musician Francesco Balilla Pratell…
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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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