单词 | telharmonium |
释义 | telharmonium|ˌtɛlhɑːˈməʊnɪəm| [f. tele- + harmonium.] An electrophonic instrument, invented by the American scientist Thaddeus Cahill (1867–1934) and designed to produce tones for transmission over telephone wires by means of rotating electro-magnetic generators.
1906Chambers's Jrnl. June 495/1 In the telharmonium the qualifying ripples are ingeniously added to the waves of the fundamental note by a separate contrivance. 1934N.Y. Times 13 Apr. 19/1 Thaddeus Cahill, who invented an electric typewriter and the device for producing music electrically, known as the telharmonium, died suddenly at 10 o'clock yesterday of a heart attack. 1978P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music viii. 111 The pioneer..was Thaddeus Cahill, a Canadian scientist who demonstrated an extraordinarily bulky ‘telharmonium’ in 1906. |

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