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Forgotten Inventors and Lost Innovations
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- 1. Inventor of an 18th-century mechanical calculator model
- 2. An early recording and playback head used in forgotten media gadgets
- 3. 19th-century portable music box, precursor to mechanical sound devices
- 7. Pioneer of motion picture cameras in the 19th century
- 10. Inventor linked to early motion picture frame inventions
- 12. Richard Arkwright’s early invention for weaving fabric mechanically
- 14. Inventor of the early typewriter patent in 1829
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- 4. Inventor known for early innovations in electricity and forgotten polyphase devices
- 5. Early communication device transmitting scanned documents over phone lines
- 6. Device transmitting handwriting remotely, an ancestor of the fax machine
- 8. Scientist who contributed to early electric motor prototypes
- 9. Early phonograph storage and playback unit housing wax cylinders
- 11. Hand crank trumpet device used before electric amplification
- 13. Device or method invented for secret coded messages, often mechanical
- 15. Samuel F. ___, partner with Morse on the telegraph
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