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Hand-Cranked


1983 Last hand-cranked telephones U.S. went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial

1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph

1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, U.S., inventor, hand-cranked machine gun


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