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tainter

adjective as in soiled

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The Bell and Tainter machine was operated by a storage battery and this was an inconvenient and expensive form of power.

Wax is also employed in the 'graphophone' of Mr. Tainter and Professor Bell, which is merely a phonograph under another name.

Mr. Chichester Bell, you may recall, was the co-inventor with my father and Mr. Tainter of the phonograph.

The basic distinction between the first Edison patent, and the Bell and Tainter patent of 1886 was the method of recording.

The Bell and Tainter records, preserved at the Smithsonian, are both of the lateral cut and "hill-and-dale" types.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tainter, such as: sullied, stained, ruined, tainted, and unclean.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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