In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SERAPHINES
Noun
seraphines
plural of seraphine
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Source: Wiktionary
SERAPHINE
Ser"a*phine, n. Etym: [From Seraph.] (Mus.)
Definition: A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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