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  2. Thaddeus Cahill - Wikipedia

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    Cahill had tremendous ambitions for his invention; he wanted telharmonium music to be broadcast into hotels, restaurants, theaters, and even houses via the telephone line. [3] At a starting weight of 7 tons (and up to 200 tons) and a price tag of $200,000 (approx. $5,514,000 today), only three telharmoniums were ever built, and Cahill's vision ...

  3. Telharmonium - Wikipedia

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    Telharmonium console by Thaddeus Cahill 1897. The Telharmonium (also known as the Dynamophone [ 1 ] ) was an early electrical organ , developed by Thaddeus Cahill c. 1896 and patented in 1897. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The electrical signal from the Telharmonium was transmitted over wires; it was heard on the receiving end by means of " horn " speakers.

  4. Tonewheel - Wikipedia

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    Simplified diagram of how a tonewheel works Goldschmidt tone wheel (1910), used as an early beat frequency oscillator. A tonewheel or tone wheel is a simple electromechanical apparatus used for generating electric musical notes in electromechanical organ instruments such as the Hammond organ and in telephony to generate audible signals such as ringing tone.

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  6. History of manga - Wikipedia

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    [27] 1900 saw the debut of Rakuten's Jiji Manga in the Jiji Shinpō newspaper—the first use of the word manga in its modern sense, [28] and where, in 1902, he began the first modern Japanese comic strip. [29] By the 1930s, comic strips were serialized in large-circulation monthly girls' and boys' magazine and collected into hardback volumes. [30]

  7. Digital comic - Wikipedia

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    In Japan, web manga have started to pick up steam as many manga artists choose to upload their own original works on image hosting sites and social media forgoing traditional publishers. Many of the big publishers have also launched digital magazines and websites where web manga get released alongside traditional print works.

  8. Gekiga - Wikipedia

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    But I write manga about households and conversations, love affairs, mundane stuff that is not spectacular. I think that's the difference." [12] The Cartoon Museum wrote that by the 1980s, gekiga became integrated into various types of manga. "For some younger people the term gekiga is now consigned to the history books, but its legacy lives on ...

  9. Indian comics - Wikipedia

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    The popularity of manga and anime in India has led to Japanese manga-inspired comic books, such as Mythology, a comic book based on Hindu mythology that has been released in India, Singapore, Malaysia and Europe. [16] Batu Gaiden is a manga fantasy series which incorporates cricket into mythology. [17]