graphophone

Example Sentences

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But five- and six-piece dance bands were turning out huge piles of graphophone records, and we tried to buy them all.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Standing before the graphophone, he offered an earnest prayer, then, with his companions, sang this song.

From Indian Story and Song from North America by Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham)

The graphophone system of dictating and reproducing is largely made use of in place of shorthand where the business is large, and is found to greatly facilitate the handling of correspondence.

From How Department Stores Are Carried On by Phillips, W. B.

At a signal someone started the graphophone, and to the sweet strains of a march the bride appeared, leaning upon the arm of her uncle.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Great is the graphophone, advance agent of civilization!

From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton