phonography

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The recording, part of Capitol's new import of Russian phonography, is disappointing.

From Time Magazine Archive

The system of short-hand practised by the vast majority of writers, both in this country and in England, is phonography, invented by Isaac Pitman, of Bath, England, in 1837.

From Work for Women by Manson, George J.

A public teacher of Pitman’s phonography had established himself in Derby, and the Midland engaged him to conduct classes for the junior clerks. 

From Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Tatlow, Joseph

Isaac Pitman was the originator and father of scientific phonography.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark

Many persons, even in remote and small places, would learn phonography if the subject were brought to their attention by an instructor.

From Work for Women by Manson, George J.