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The only thing that was done was to sneer at them whenever opportunity served, and to give them aspeakingtube.
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Aspeakingtubewas provided to allow the passengers to communicate with the pilot.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Original mechanical devises in the home include aspeakingtube, doorbell system and a corner light system.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aspeakingtubewas tried, but found to be useless.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The student pilot and instructor sat in tandem in a single, open cockpit and communicated through aspeakingtube.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These holes acted as the receiving area for the acoustics, which were transmitted to the back of the throne via aspeakingtube, and into the king's ear.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Speaking tubes were also considered for communication between curatorial staff, but not for environmental controls.
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The tank commander communicated with the driver byspeakingtube, which was replaced with a signalling lamp in 1932.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A luggage lift andspeakingtubeserved all three floors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The now mostly obsoletespeakingtubeserved to transmit sounds to a remote location with minimal loss and distortion, as a simple coaxial cable or waveguide does for electrical signals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Morley lives in an apartment suite on the second floor, reached by a set of stairs near the bar; aspeakingtubeallows the bartender to communicate with him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Edgar hears this from his own room through aspeakingtube, but he is unwilling to wait for the inheritance, and plots to eliminate the cats.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ben has to explain to the people above via the dumbwaiter'sspeakingtubethat there is no food.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Several speaking tubes could be hung from the edge of a desk to communicate with different locations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ducts can be effective speaking tubes; the speech attenuation is particularly weak in unlined metal ducts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His office contained an elaborate array of communication devices, 50 speaking tubes, 50 electric bells and 50 annunciators which connected to all departments.
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