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"What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
Napoleon Bonaparte ; When told of the Robert Fulton steamboat
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7127729 | Magneto-optical head and magneto-optical disk drive A magneto-optical head including a lens forming a light spot on a storage disk, a magnetic field generating coil arranged between the lens and the disk to surround the optical center of the lens, and an annular heat sink arranged around the coil. The distance betwee... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7042811 | Frictionless, non-destructive playback system for cylinder recordings The present invention provides a laser heterodyne interferometer based system for audibly producing sounds recorded on a cylinder recording, such as an Edison type wax cylinder, or a 33, 45 or 78 RPM LP (long play) record. The system generally comprises an optical s... | 05/09/2006 |
| 5870354 | Data recording and reproducing apparatus capable of detecting an input for controlling an output A data storing/reproducing apparatus includes a storing unit for storing inputted data, a range designating unit for designating an arbitrary range within the inputted data, an outputting unit for outputting the data stored in the storing unit, and a cont... | 02/09/1999 |
| 4391530 | Electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece, which comprises a circuit for encoding an externally supplied voice and a semiconductor memory for memorizing the encoded voice data. The voice data memorized in the semiconductor memory is read out when a preset time is reached, ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 3956597 | Speaking time keeper An apparatus for the listening to words representative of measurements of physical quantities according to which the measurements of said quantities are listened at time intervals controlled by a timer adjustable to operate at chosen time intervals, by me... | 05/11/1976 |
