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Post by mrwigggles on Dec 28, 2016 19:59:13 GMT -8
A post for an ongoing list of weird late 19th century early 20th century technology. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TelharmoniumThis is an electromechanical synthetic music system. It was done without any vacuum tubes and received its analog signal from telephone lines. It used a sorta proto electromagnetic diaphragm for its speakers.
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Post by uncommonman on Dec 28, 2016 20:32:16 GMT -8
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WHAT! A human in a Precursor service vehicle?!
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Post by sbloyd on Dec 29, 2016 14:28:51 GMT -8
"Lantern mounted flintlock pistol"? More like pistol-mounted lantern!
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Post by maxinstuff on Jan 2, 2017 17:41:15 GMT -8
"Lantern mounted flintlock pistol"? More like pistol-mounted lantern! That isn't even strange though - we still use more advanced versions today
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Post by uncommonman on Jan 3, 2017 0:29:19 GMT -8
"Lantern mounted flintlock pistol"? More like pistol-mounted lantern! That isn't even strange though - we still use more advanced versions today Now I want to see a turn of the century "tactical operator"
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