Phonograph

known to be one of America’s best businessmen. Edison grew up with many hearing challenges but didn’t let that get in his way. He later invented many things but the things he is most noticeable for are telegraphs, the universal stock ticker, the phonograph, the…

The article "Dracula: Overview," written by Irish Novelist Rebecca Scott reviews an explanation of Bram Stokers book Dracula. Rebecca also explains characters as well as the density and literary quality. The Autor of the article leads with the kind of literacy Dracula is, she explains how an interest in vampirism, and erotic fantasies appealed to the people of the 19th century. When moving to next point Rebecca points out the fact that the book was written in a time of renewed critical in:…

b-black eyes a-and.. And a hand instead of a tail tip." Janine found this cute in a way, and giggled. It was as if Albie was a child, and was writing his own autobiography! "Albie, I need you to say something- really quick!" Janine pulled out a big phonograph and presented it to Albie. He stepped back subtly and hissed a bit. Still, he answered, "What would you like me to say?" "Say, 'Welcome to J-Quixin Facilities,'!"Albie thought this was quite unusual, but still said it. "Welcome to J-Quixin…

The United States of America has been one of many great countries to lead the world in technology, politics, and art. Music has existed in various forms such as rhythm and melody since the day human beings could hear and feel. Jazz is a genre of music that was born in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This broad genre of music has roots that pull from pre-existing elements that are traced back to African-American slave culture. Some of those elements include single line melodies…

The twenties were a time when everyone and everything was changing. The twenties brought many different changes, like changes in fashion, music, laws, literature, technology, and overall lifestyles of people and how they lived. The twenties were also a time when the country was just becoming rich after WW1. With that, the use of cars skyrocketed. Everyone was starting to get a car, whether it was the inexpensive Model T, or a fancy, yellow Rolls Royce. After the eighteenth amendment was…

Increasing innovations and principles of science and were exploited to produce either industrial goods or consumer goods. Examples of technical innovations which were born in end 19th century include the internal combustion engine, the telephone, the phonograph, electricity, refrigeration, the motorized reaper and tractor, the repeating and bolt action, the machine gun, industrial cigarette rolling machines, the Bessemer steel converter, the typewriter,…

Dracula and Wuthering Heights: Did They Conform? Both the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Dracula by Bram Stoker conform to the societal norms of their time but not in a direct way. The characters in Wuthering Heights like Catherine for example, do make decisions like marrying Edgar Linton instead of Heathcliff which is a reasonable decision as she wants to keep her status and be rich. The characters in Dracula, especially the females, conform to society as they do not meddle in…

away with having a realistic set in one scene to a very dreamlike unrealistic set the next. As musicals were becoming very popular in Hollywood, it was about time to start making them into films with sound. Thomas Edison (the inventor of both the phonograph and motion picture camera) had been experimenting for many years in ways to combine and synchronize sound with moving images. His attempt were then clashed by the lack of interest from the film industry due to many technical problems…

When individuals consider the meaning of equality, they usually envision everyone possessing the same liberties and opportunities, regardless of any personal differences. Therefore, people often think of equality in a positive manner; what they do not realize is that equality can also refer to everyone living together under miserable conditions, including a lack of freedom or individuality. “Harrison Bergeron,” a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, and “The Unknown Citizen,” a poem by W.H. Auden,…

Some of the dances were the Charleston the foxtrot the waltz the tango. The dances seemed to develop from cultures combining and dances, traveling from shore to shore. “People saw the new dances in Hollywood movies and practiced them to music from phonograph records or to radio broadcasts before going out on the dance floors of nightclubs or school gymnasiums.” (1920’s, 2017). Dances born from this craze were the Charleston, Waltz, Tango, Shimmy, Fox Trot, and the Texas Tommy. The Charleston was…