Leon Forrest Douglass (March 12, 1869 – September 7, 1940) was an American inventor and co-founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company who registered...
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Claude Autant-Lara. In the 1920s, phonograph and motion picture pioneer Leon F. Douglass also created special effects and anamorphic widescreen motion picture...
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and over again, making each cylinder a master copy. Edison, Bettini, Leon Douglass and others solved this problem (partly) by mechanically linking a cutting...
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Douglass is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abel Douglass (before 1849 – c. 1907), American whaler A. E. Douglass (1867–1962), American...
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Frank Seaman's Zonophone. A third story is that Johnson's partner, Leon Douglass, derived the word from his wife's name 'Victoria.' Finally, a fourth...
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between 1906 and at least 1928. The company was founded in 1893 by Leon Douglass and Henry Babson, with financing from Charles Dickinson. It first sold...
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Léon Marchand (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ maʁʃɑ̃] ; born 17 May 2002) is a French swimmer. He is the world record holder in the long course 400 metres...
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horses. He moved to Chicago at the age of 17 at the urging of inventor Leon Douglass. While working at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, better known...
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Edward Douglass White Jr. (November 3, 1845 – May 19, 1921) was an American politician and jurist. White, a native of Louisiana, was a U.S. Supreme Court...
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botanist, responsible for planting of the Nebraska National Forest Leon Douglass (1869–1940), inventor; co–founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company...
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