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590:(1922–1923)
582:(1921–1922)
574:(1920–1921)
555:(1919–1920)
547:(1918–1919)
539:(1917–1918)
531:(1916–1917)
523:(1915–1916)
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499:(1912–1913)
491:(1911–1912)
483:(1910–1911)
475:(1909–1910)
467:(1908–1909)
459:(1907–1908)
451:(1906–1907)
443:(1905–1906)
435:(1904–1905)
427:(1903–1904)
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411:(1901–1902)
403:(1900–1901)
384:(1899–1900)
376:(1898–1899)
368:(1897–1898)
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328:(1892–1893)
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256:(1883–1884)
248:(1880–1882)
187:Compilation
175:Recognition
1510:Categories
358:John Fritz
294:Horace See
100:References
86:microphone
66:New Jersey
1248:2000–2019
1077:1980–1999
906:1960–1979
735:1940–1959
684:Paul Doty
564:1920–1939
393:1900–1919
238:1880–1899
42:Biography
38:in 1888.
636:Alex Dow
190:Archived
181:Write up
32:engineer
84:from a
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117:IEEE
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