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The sweet sound of synthetic speech
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Optical instruments including Dallmeyer's triplet. Photolithograph by Simonau et Toovey , ca. 1860.
Date: [1860?]Reference: 578791i- Books
A catalogue of ophthalmological and surgical instruments manufactured by Ellis Optical Company.
Ellis Optical Company.Date: [1932?]- Books
Catalogue of optical and general scientific instruments / The Optical Convention 1926.
Optical Convention 1926 : London, England)Date: [1926?]- Ephemera
The deaf made to hear by the Akouphone instruments : sole British agents, Aural and Optical Co.
Date: [1904?]- Books
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A brief account of some of the historical instruments exhibited at the Optical Convention, 1926 / by R.S. Clay.
Clay, Reginald Stanley, 1868-1954.Date: [1926]