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The desire to transmit speech over long distances probably dates back to the first wide separation of loved and beloved. That many methods have been suggested for the transmission of speech is of record. That speech has been mechanically or acoustically transmitted over many hundred feet of taut string and practically straight wires, during several hundred years, is true. That the 'lover's telephone' is a toy that has amused several generations is well known... Nevertheless, the facts are that no authentic record has been found proving the existence of a practical method of speech transmission over long-distances, either electrical or mechanical, prior to the invention of the electric-speaking telephone by Alexander Graham Bell.

Prometheus is a hero of Grecian mythology who is considered as a friend of men, as stealing fire from heaven for their benefit. "With fire they could at least warm their bodies and cook their food," Prometheus thought, "and later they could make tools and build houses for themselves and enjoy some of the comforts of the gods." On account of various services rendered to men, he was chained by Zeus to a rock...

The Scene in Jerusalem and The Sabbath are two short stories written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. She is known as the writer of the bestseller Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The life and thoughts of the great philosophers help us to know: Who we are, What we are, What can we do; What can we know?

This book presents the biographical stories and works of three great philosophers: Socrates, Aristotle and Plato.

This book presents the general history of Napoleon Bonaparte the great Emperor of France: his life, his expeditions and addresses. "Among the eminent persons of the nineteenth century, Napoleon Bonaparte is far the best known and the most powerful; and owes his predominance to the fidelity with which he expresses the tone of thought and belief, the aims of the masses of active and cultivated men". (Ralph W. Emerson)