Claim: Ammoniaphone was a voice improvement device invented by Dr. Carter Moffat after researching in Italy.
Evidence: Ammoniaphone was a voice improvement device invented by Dr. Carter Moffat. Moffat thought that the explanation that so many good singers came from Italy must have something to do with the air. When given the opportunity to travel to Italy (according to a newspaper clipping to solve a chemical problem of industrial importance – an assignment he completed so successfully that he was awarded a diploma of honor and a gold medal by the Italian government) he set about testing the air in Italy to reveal its secrets.