Word: tone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Presidential train, steamed off to what was called the "Australian soil" of the cemetery at Villers-Bretonneux, where 2,500 Australian soldiers lie buried. In dedicating a handsome new Australian Memorial, the King showed himself in better voice than at any time since he took the Throne, the nervous tone of his halting speech having almost vanished, and President Lebrun fervently responded, "It moves me to salute, Your Majesty, your affirmation that 'The friendship of the two nations is the best guarantee of world peace' retains today all its power and force...
Three Comrades (Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young; TIME, June...
Three Comrades (Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young; TIME, June...
...larger than a piano, has no reeds or pipes. Pressing a key on the Hammond keyboard generates a minute electric current with an oscillation frequency corresponding to the pitch of the desired note. The current is relayed into a reproduction cabinet where it becomes a musical tone...
Hearing and studying the Hammond, Western Union engineers decided that its tone generator was well suited for producing carrier currents of different electrical frequencies, tried it out with gratifying success. The currents are separated in pitch by 300 cycles. A generator adapted to Western Union's purposes costs about $1,000. By this technique the company sends telegrams from Manhattan to Chicago, Washington, Buffalo, Atlanta. Practical effect of the Hammond-type generator will be to reduce the number of wires necessary for intercity service, thus saving a sizable chunk of maintenance costs as the unnecessary wires are retired from...