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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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