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    music to be recorded in disc form. As people who lived before the 19th century could only listen to music live, the phonograph was a significant invention. The phonograph allowed for people to bring their favorite music home. This created a more private experience between the music and the listener. However, as this was a fairly early innovation, the original model of the phonograph was very expensive and could only record about two minutes of sound. This was because performances used a…

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    suggests that Josh email her like she’s his father and she’ll send an email back. In the attic, Josh finds a laptop that his father and Josh were building together. Josh decides to email his “father” and send it to Kahlo. Josh finds an Edison phonograph and combines the…

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    weren’t even credited. The show usually included other current numbers along with familiar and favorite songs from the past known as “Lucky Strike Extras”. Listeners were told that the program used a survey to check ‘best sellers on sheet music and phonograph record, the songs most heard on the air and most played on the automatic coin machines to get an authentic tabulation of America’s taste in music’. However, the exact way to get authentic tabulation remains unknown till…

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    The history of CBS starts in 1927 when United independent Broadcasters Inc (UIB) in Chicago, Illinois. In the same year, the company known as Columbian Phonograph invests in UIB and thus Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting Systems is founded. This is the beginning of the CBS name which is now known around the world. In 1928, due to too much cost, the company is sold to wealthy investor William S. Paley, who then changed the name to the Columbia Broadcast Systems, or CBS. On January 18th, 1929,…

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    Well, let me start off by saying that both Tesla and Edison had many inventions that changed the world in a way. They both to me in my opinion were the utmost ingenious people to put forth ideas that no one else would of thought before. If it weren't for them both we won't be holding some of the stuff that we have today, like our phones and instead of electricity something else like candle power. I would love to be an apprentice on their side for either Edison or Tesla because it would have been…

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    In American History there are a lot of successful people who have changed the Americans life for better. Thomas Edison was one of the first inventors in American history, he made many researches that help to improve a lot of devices, and his inventions affected life not only in the United States but all around the world. in fact, there are a lot of things that we would not have without Thomas Edison such as all new technology that we use today in our daily lives. However Thomas Edison lived a…

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    Music often plays a very important role in one 's life. Music during the Great Depression era was very important to people. John Steinbeck shows the importance of music during the Great Depression era in his novel The Grapes of Wrath. The novel presents a clear historical connection to music during the depression era. Music was important for entertainment, enlightenment, and social criticism. First, music was heavily used for entertainment. Television was just recently created. That being said,…

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    Development of the steel industry was boosted by discovery of the Bessemer process. ("Second Industrial Revolution") Henry Bessemer and William Kelly drastically reduced the cost and time needed in producing steel from pig-iron. They found out that that blasting air through molten iron produced high quality steel. Steel was widely used in construction of buildings, because it provided good support for skyscrapers and tall towers. Cornelius Vanderbilt, an American entrepreneur who built his…

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    century to a modern, efficient device that can be carried anywhere, and can be used for a lot more that communication. Another example of technology changing over the years is progression of music devices. We no longer use big, bulky records on a phonograph, nor do we use a clunky Walkman.…

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    Well, let me start off by saying that both Tesla and Edison had many inventions that changed the world in a way. They both to me in my opinion were the utmost ingenious people to put forth ideas that no one else would of thought before. If it weren't for them both we won't be holding some of the stuff that we have today, like our phones and instead of electricity something else like candle power. I would love to be an apprentice on their side for either Edison or Tesla because it would have been…

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