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telpher, a. and n.|ˈtɛlfə(r)|
[Syncopated from telepher or telephore (see quot. 1884 in telpherage), f. Gr. τῆλε tele- + -ϕορος bearing.]
a. adj. or attrib. n. Of or relating to a system of telpherage; telpher line, telpher railway, a light overhead line on which the haulage is worked by electric power; so telpher train.
b. n. Any travelling unit on a telpher line; also, the plant and rolling stock of a system of telpherage.
c. Comb., as telpherman.
1884F. Jenkin in Jrnl. Soc. Arts XXXII. 648/2 (May 14), Telpher lines are adapted for the conveyance of minerals and other goods at a slow pace, and at a cheap rate. Ibid. 655/2 We are enabled to start or stop any number of telpher trains without disturbing the running of others. 1884Sat. Rev. 31 May 712/2 In hilly country, where roads are difficult to construct, the telpher line might be eminently useful. 1888W. E. Ayrton in Times 10 Sept. 11/3 The first track on which electric trams were run in series was the experimental ‘Telpher line’ erected in Glynde in 1883..for the automatic electric transport of goods. 1901Munsey's Mag. XXV. 363/1 The traveling unit is called a ‘telpher’. The fixed cable serves as a rail.., and above it, in the same vertical plane, is a feed wire from which the telpher takes current. 1904Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Oct. 266 With a machine and an assistant, a telpherman can convey 250 tons per day over a distance of 1,000 feet.
Hence ˈtelpher v. trans., to transport (goods, etc.) by means of telpherage.
1885F. Jenkin in Gd. Words 132 We may possibly hereafter speak of telphering goods as we now speak of telegraphing messages. 1890W. E. Ayrton in Spectator 19 Apr., To electrically propel may be aptly named to ‘telepher’, or, say ‘telpher’ as an abbreviation. |