Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 258
an-nounces that the box is to be opened. By the way,if the box is opened several times during the per-formance to oil the rod, or to do some little thingto the cylinder, it will help to excite the curiosityof some of the audience, but the Professor mustnot forget that the front door must never be… … BACK VIEW OF PHONOGRAPH WHEN OPEN. All sorts of things may be spoken into the box,which, after a few turns of the crank, will be re-peated from the mouth-piece or horn in the frontdoor. Various sounds may be reproduced bymeans of this machine, and an ingenious Professorand a smart small boy can…
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