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telephonograph|tɛlɪˈfəʊnəgrɑːf, -æ-|
[f. tele- + phonograph, or f. telephone + -graph.]
An instrument consisting of a combination of telephone and phonograph, by which telephone messages can be recorded and subsequently reproduced. Also applied (in U.S.) to Poulsen's telegraphone. Hence ˌtelephonoˈgraphic a., pertaining to or of the nature of a telephonograph; ˌtelephoˈnography, the working or use of a telephonograph.
1878G. B. Prescott Sp. Telephone (1879) 549 The phonograph and telephone, when combined, form an instrument known as the telephonograph. 1889Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 10 May 523/2 Mr. J. Hanmer, the originator of the recent telephonographic experiments between New York and Philadelphia. 1889Ibid. 17 May 558/2 After the recent improvements made in the phonograph..the problem of telephonography has naturally cropped up. 1902Harper's Mag. Feb. 496 The Poulsen telephonograph in its ordinary form does not speak louder than an ordinary Bell telephone. |