<s>
The	B-Application
Euphonia	I-Application
was	O
a	O
talking	O
machine	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
to	O
mid-nineteenth	O
century	O
by	O
the	O
Austrian	O
inventor	O
Joseph	O
Faber	O
and	O
exhibited	O
in	O
1845	O
in	O
Philadelphia	O
and	O
in	O
1846	O
in	O
London	O
's	O
Egyptian	O
Hall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mechanical	O
device	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
reportedly	O
spent	O
over	O
twenty-five	O
years	O
developing	O
,	O
Faber	O
's	O
"	O
Fabulous	O
Talking	O
Machine	O
"	O
was	O
constructed	O
of	O
several	O
different	O
mechanisms	O
and	O
instruments	O
:	O
a	O
piano	O
,	O
a	O
bellows	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
a	O
mechanical	O
replica	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
throat	O
and	O
vocal	O
organs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
pressing	O
the	O
keys	O
on	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
a	O
human	O
operator	O
produced	O
sounds	O
that	O
inflated	O
the	O
bellows	B-Algorithm
and	O
caused	O
the	O
mechanical	O
mouth	O
to	O
open	O
,	O
the	O
mechanical	O
tongue	O
to	O
be	O
lifted	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
mechanical	O
jaws	O
to	O
move	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Able	O
to	O
produce	O
sentences	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
and	O
German	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Euphonia	I-Application
was	O
reported	O
by	O
The	O
London	O
Journal	O
to	O
speak	O
all	O
three	O
with	O
a	O
German	O
accent	O
,	O
a	O
fact	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
native	O
language	O
(	O
German	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
inventor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barnum	O
who	O
renamed	O
the	O
talking	O
machine	O
"	O
Euphonia	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
striking	O
,	O
if	O
probably	O
coincidental	O
,	O
token	O
of	O
its	O
ideological	O
resemblance	O
to	O
Hector	O
Berlioz	O
 '	O
utopia	O
,	O
which	O
bore	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Euphonia	I-Application
was	O
not	O
a	O
novel	O
contraption	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
automatons	O
invented	O
,	O
particularly	O
those	O
that	O
followed	O
the	O
general	O
mechanics	O
of	O
serial	O
assembly	O
and	O
the	O
specific	O
method	O
of	O
decomposing	O
and	O
reconstituting	O
language	O
through	O
mechanized	O
"	O
scansion	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
related	O
technology	O
was	O
John	O
Clark	O
's	O
Eureka	O
machine	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
invented	O
a	O
year	O
prior	O
to	O
Euphonia	B-Application
's	O
debut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Euphonia	I-Application
was	O
exhibited	O
with	O
a	O
female	O
mask	O
covering	O
the	O
mechanical	O
mouth	O
,	O
tongue	O
,	O
and	O
jaw	O
and	O
at	O
times	O
with	O
a	O
dress	O
hanging	O
below	O
the	O
mask	O
,	O
the	B-Application
Euphonia	I-Application
would	O
perform	O
for	O
audiences	O
,	O
pretending	O
to	O
respond	O
to	O
or	O
mimic	O
the	O
words	O
of	O
the	O
keyboard	O
operator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
describing	O
the	B-Application
Euphonia	I-Application
,	O
the	O
19th	O
century	O
American	O
scientist	O
Joseph	O
Henry	O
explained	O
"	O
that	O
sixteen	O
levers	O
or	O
keys	O
'	O
like	O
those	O
of	O
a	O
piano	O
 '	O
projected	O
sixteen	O
elementary	O
sounds	O
by	O
which	O
'	O
every	O
word	O
in	O
all	O
European	O
languages	O
can	O
be	O
distinctly	O
produced.	O
'	O
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