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

Then came the telephone, phonograph, graphophone and gramophone.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

There was an excellent musical library at Storm, and the best records to be had for the graphophone were sent to her regularly.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

One day a graphophone agent called at the house and the family became much interested in one of his musical machines.

From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Bell, Ernest A. (Ernest Albert)

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