In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PHOTOPHONE
Etymology
Noun
photophone (plural photophones)
(historical) A device that transmitted sound on a beam of light.
Source: Wiktionary
Pho"to*phone, n. Etym: [Photo- + Gr. (Physics)
Definition: An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of rays of light. A. G. Bell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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