In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
HARMONICON
Noun
harmonicon (plural harmonicons)
(dated, musical instruments) The harmonica.
(historical) An acoustic apparatus that produces a musical note when a long dry tube, open at both ends, is held over a jet of burning hydrogen.
Synonym: hydrogen harmonicon
Source: Wiktionary
Har*mon"i*con, n.
Definition: A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic reeds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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