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A horn is a sound-making device installed on motor vehicles, trains, boats, and other types of vehicles. The sound it makes usually resembles a “honk” (older vehicles) or a “beep” (modern vehicles). The driver uses the horn to warn others of the vehicle's presence or approach, or to call attention to some hazard.
The "horn" part of the device made the sound directional, so a pedestrian would be more likely to look in the direction of the oncoming vehicle. He licensed the patents to Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Company in early 1908, and it was marketed as the Klaxon horn. [ 15 ]
The Klaxophone is a musical instrument created by American composer Henry Fillmore.Made of twelve car horns, it was created for use in his march The Klaxon: March of the Automobiles, which was composed in 1929 for the 1930 Cincinnati Automobile Show. [1]
Car alarms work by emitting high-volume sound (often a vehicle-mounted siren, klaxon, pre-recorded verbal warning, the vehicle's own horn, or a combination of these) when the conditions necessary for triggering it are met. Such alarms may also cause the vehicle's headlights to flash, may notify the car's owner of the incident via a paging ...
The Klaxon traditional horns or hooters were taken over and added to existing signalling products made by Moflash Signalling in around 2005. Moflash are located in the orginal Klaxon factory on the Klaxon Industrial Estate, Warwick Road, Birmingham. The company still produces the ES, KLAXET, A1, K5 and HF8 horns and hooters.
The Klaxon, a 1993 album by English rock band And Also the Trees; Klaxon, an EP by Immi "The Klaxon", a 1930 song composed by Henry Fillmore; Klaxons, an English indie rock band; The Klaxons (Belgian band), a Belgian accordion-based band "Klaxon", a song by K-pop girl group (G)I-dle from their 7th EP I Sway
A train horn is an air horn used as an audible warning device on diesel and electric-powered trains. Its primary purpose is to alert persons and animals to an oncoming train, especially when approaching a level crossing. They are often extremely loud, allowing them to be heard from great distances.
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