Word: instrument
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...liberal status to the Empire's vast subcontinent (TIME, Dec. 3)-by news that at Bombay last week the turbaned and bejeweled Maharajas of India's Chamber of Princes adopted a resolution as follows: "This meeting desires to emphasize that in many respects the bill and the instrument of accession depart from agreements arrived at during the meetings of representatives of the Indian States with members of His Majesty's Government. It regrets to note that the bill and the instrument of accession do not secure those vital interests and fundamental requisites of the States on which...
...monkey is to bite it. But canaries must be guided by patience and love. A real singing bird must start his career at eight weeks, when a conscientious master will shut him in a dark room, teach him to imitate a master canary, a human whistle or some musical instrument. A canary that shows promise should practice three hours a day and by the end of a year should have its repertoire fully developed...
Ralph L. Kirkpatrick '30, leading harpsichord artist of the country, will appear as a soloist to play music by Bach on the stringed instrument for which it was written. As conductor Malcolm H. Holmes '28 will wave the baton...
...scientific mind will know, however, that Mrs. Rosen is only an ordinary human being; that she is playing an electrically controlled instrument called the theremin; and that only a few weeks ago she was performing in the Town Hall in New York City...
There are three main oscillating circuits in this instrument produced by ordinary vacuum tube methods. Two of the circuits, one superimposed on the other, cause oscillations of audio-frequency which can be heard through a loudspeaker. The remaining oscillatory circuit controls the volume...