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Word: acousticons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Miller Reese Hutchison, 67, audio inventor (Dictograph, Klaxon horn, Acousticon for the deaf); of apoplexy; in Manhattan. Mark Twain was said to have observed that Hutchison invented the Klaxon horn to deafen people so they would have to buy Acousticons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 28, 1944 | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

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