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William Gray (1850 – January 24, 1903) was an American inventor and entrepreneur. He is best known for inventing the coin-operated payphone and an improved chest protector for baseball catchers.
Coin Operated is a 2017 animated short film written and directed by Nicholas Arioli and produced by Jennifer Dahlman. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The film premiered at the 2017 Brooklyn Film Festival . [ 3 ]
The coin operated newspaper vending machine was invented in 1947 by inventor George Thiemeyer Hemmeter. [2] [3] [4] Hemmeter's company, the Serven Vendor Company, was based in Berkeley, California, and had been making rural mail tubes and honor racks. The new invention could be adjusted to accept coins of different denominations (depending on ...
"Coin-Operated Boy" is a single by The Dresden Dolls duo, taken from the self-titled debut album The Dresden Dolls. It was produced by Martin Bisi and released on December 13, 2004, by Roadrunner Records. "Coin-Operated Boy" was written by Amanda Palmer. The song makes heavy use of staccato, and includes instruments such as a toy piano.
An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000. The coin, which was struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975 ...
Telemeter was an American subscription television service developed by the International Telemeter Corporation, that operated from 1953 to 1967. Telemeter was used on a coin-to-box machine connected to any television set. When the right amount of money was deposited into the box, a scrambled signal sent through coaxial cables was unscrambled ...
Coin-operated music boxes and player pianos were the first forms of automated coin-operated musical devices. These devices used paper rolls, metal disks, or metal cylinders to play a musical selection on an actual instrument, or on several actual instruments, enclosed within the device.
I hadn’t seen a coin-operated toilet in more than 50 years, until I recently visited the library in downtown Wichita. They’re Baaack. In an effort to fight vandalism and misconduct, two of the ...