Word: reflectors
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...soundproof case much as the old-fashioned window-shutter was manipulated by its spindle. Since the case is soundproof, the tone can be built up within the pianoforte, its volume depending on the angle of the shutter) and allowed to escape at the will of the player. Again, the reflector can return to the strings a large part of the energy imparted by the player's fingers. Inventor Hammond held, at his home in Gloucester, Mass., a demonstration of a regulation instrument fitted with his invention. Famed musicians composers, expressed their wonder. Said Pianist Josef Hofmann...
...more atrocity is perpetrated. It is the old story of the sacrificing wife who makes her husband famous only to find that he is deserting her for a fuzzy-headed female down the block. She finds it out by means of a telephone he has invented, which includes a reflector in which you can see the person you are talking to. The acting is rather unpleasant and the total adds up minus...
...sixty-inch reflector which is now being mounted at the Observatory, will when completed, be one of the three largest and most powerful in existence. It will be used for extremely delicate work on faint stars and nebulae, and will be under the complete electrical control of one operator. The reflector, which is of tremendous weight, will rest on a fluid to make manipulation easier...
...powerful two-foot reflector is also being mounted, to be used principally in photographing an interesting class of stars known as the Algol-variables...
...university, is now being set up at the Astronomical Observatory. A two-story building, 15 feet wide and 27 feet long, has been erected to enclose it. The lower floor contains a silvering room; in the upper room, in which the observer sits, is located the eyepiece of the reflector. The telescope will be adjusted by electricity, and in order to secure a delicate balance a large part of its weight will be floated in a concrete tank, constructed at a cost...