Word: phonographic
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...distributes his strength over the stroke in the most telling way. This economical stroke would have a corresponding curve, and if we all knew the proper curve to row, we might all be "skillful" oarsmen. * * * It affords a means of preserving a given type, for like the phonograph, its impressions can be preserved for use in the distant future...
...Those are note-takers," he replied, "a modified form of a phonograph. You see everything I say is taken down by the instrument, provided it is kept in motion. The necessity of keeping the crank revolving is what insures me an audience which remains awake," and the professor smiled grimly. "A few of the wealthier students, however, own note-takers which are run by a small electric motor, and these luxurious individuals send their instruments by some friend, and save themselves the trouble of coming." - Cornell...
...crowd at Princeton on Saturday were returning from the ball-grounds, they were greeted with the Princeton cheer in intensified tones proceeding from a large phonograph in the scientific building, and later in the day a drum helped the students make things lively in celebrating their victory over Yale.- News...
...that is very simple. Each man carries a phonograph in his pocket...
...wrote, "Did S. J. Tilden, 1883, receive a condition in Sophomore Themes?" A noise of confused rumbling and rattling came from the interior of the machine. Then a bell sounded, and the phonograph began, "He -" But here, alas, I awoke...