I think its purpose (the voting machine) was speeding-up the tabulation of
the congressional voting procedure (to save time).
But since the traditional procedure (state by state, etc) indeed took a
lot of time, which allowed for ongoing arm-twisting, and persuasion, etc.,
no one really wa
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Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Electric pen
I still want a cement Edison cylinder phonograph !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edison_phonograph_1912.jpg
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From: "Andrew Baron"
To: "Antique Phonograph List"
Sent: Friday, Augu
What a stupid, trivial piece of "entertainment" that clip is.
After he made the first batch of pens himself, Edison contracted out the
manufacturing and sale of the system to Western Electric in Chicago,
then sat back and collected at least $10,000 in royalties over the next
few years.
He al
aged so much by
those who didn't want votes in Congress cast against their purposes. At least
I have read of tampering with it in that way.
John
From: Andrew Baron
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Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 8:16 PM
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Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Electric pen
Hi John ~
A friend sent me this link this morning and I watched the video. This may
sound harsh (for me), but I found it to be typically inaccurate media-mill
fodder, with a catchy segment title to at
I still want a cement Edison cylinder phonograph !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edison_phonograph_1912.jpg
- Original Message -
From: "Andrew Baron"
To: "Antique Phonograph List"
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Electric
WHOOPS SORRY
it was this segment
i made a comment before seeing the link for mysteries
still interesting
zono
In a message dated 8/17/2013 5:16:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
zonophone2...@aol.com writes:
hi all
i was watching a show on the history channel and it was claiming the
electri
hi all
i was watching a show on the history channel and it was claiming the
electric pen went on to be redesigned by a tattoo artist in 1898 to become
todays tattoo pen,
i wonder what edison thought of this
zono
In a message dated 8/16/2013 11:37:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
a...
Hi John ~
A friend sent me this link this morning and I watched the video. This may
sound harsh (for me), but I found it to be typically inaccurate media-mill
fodder, with a catchy segment title to attract a big audience. Seems they're
also catering to the contingent that's hungry to pounce o
Here is a clip on what was called "Thomas Edison's Worst Invention". Of course
it is not well researched, but it is an interesting wawtch!
http://tv.yahoo.com/video/playlist/primetime/thomas-edisons-worst-invention-061926628.html
John Robles
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