phonography

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

From Time Magazine Archive

I do want you to take a rest this summer, whether you learn phonography or not.

From The Story of a Life by Ellis, J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge)

Isaac Pitman was the originator and father of scientific phonography.

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

Mr. Rawlence said: 'There's an accomplishment coming into general use now that might help you enormously: phonography, shorthand-writing, you know.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

More recently, phonography, or phonetic writing, has been revived, and to some extent spread, by the publications of Isaac Pitman, of Bath, England, and of Dr. Andrew Comstock, of Philadelphia.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold