In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
phonograms
plural of phonogram
• monographs, nomographs
Source: Wiktionary
Pho"no*gram, n. Etym: [Phono- + -gram.]
1. A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound. Phonograms are of three kinds: (1) Verbal signs, which stand for entire words; (2) Syllabic signs, which stand for the articulations of which words are composed; (3) Alphabetic signs, or letters, which represent the elementary sounds into which the syllable can be resolved. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
2. A record of sounds made by a phonograph.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.