Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Cupola(noun) a roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome. Cupola(noun) a small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
In 1923, Richard Gurley Drew working for 3M invented masking tape, a paper-based tape with a mildly sticky adhesive. In 1925 this became the Scotch brand masking tape. In 1930, Drew developed a transparent tape based on cellophane, called Scotch Tape.n 1923, Richard Gurley Drew working for 3M invented masking tape, a paper-based tape with a mildly sticky adhesive. In 1925 this became the Scotch brand masking tape. In 1930, Drew developed a transparent tape based on cellophane, called Scotch Tape.
Thomas Alva Edison announced his invention of the first phonograph, a device for recording an â¦ d replaying sound, on November 21 1877 and he demonstrated the device for the first time on November 29 (it was patented on February 19 1878 as US Patent 200,521).he Dictaphone was still in use in the early 1950's. The first flat, circular record was invented in 1887 by Emile Berliner (1851-1929), a German-born American inventor, who also devised the gramophone to play his disks. Berliner's records were originally made of glass, then zinc, and later, hard rubber.