In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
THERMOPHONE
Ther"mo*phone, n. [Thermo- + phone.]
1. A portable form of telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.
2. A telephone involving heat effects, as changes in temperature (hence in length) due to pulsations of the line current in a fine wire connected with the receiver diaphragm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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