(thing) by EverybodysCyclopedia Sun Jul 21 2002 at 22:42:24

Ear Trumpet, an instrument designed for the collection and conduction of sounds. By increasing the size of the auricle, a much large volume of sound is gathered than by the natural ear without such aid.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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