phonography
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The recording, part of Capitol's new import of Russian phonography, is disappointing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The fact is, they are all based on the original phonography of Isaac Pitman, who himself, by the way, was the first to set the example of making changes and "improvements."
From Work for Women by George J. Manson
So telegraphy, photography, phonography and all such inventions and wonderful arts were at one time hidden mysteries.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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 George J. Manson
When I was about fourteen I took up phonography, or stenography as it is now known.
From Quit Your Worrying! by George Wharton James