| 单词 | airgraph |
| 释义 | > as lemmasairgraph airgraph n. (also Airgraph) now historical a form of airmail registered by Kodak Ltd., in which the correspondent's letter is photographed on a reduced scale; a letter so transmitted. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > letters, etc., by method of dispatch or conveyance post-letter1648 ship-letterc1675 by-letter1685 penny-post letter1686 way letter1710 by-night1766 cross-letter1789 twopenny1818 box letter1827 non-paid1829 balloon-letter1870 pigeongram1875 railway letter1891 pneumatogram1894 airmail1918 aerogram1919 airgram1919 air letter1920 pneumatique1924 pneu1926 snail mail1929 aerogramme1934 airgraph1941 1941 Times 22 Apr. 2/4 An experimental ‘airgraph’ letter service is to be introduced..to cheapen and expedite the homeward postal service from British troops in the Middle East. 1941 Sphere 6 Dec. p. i Airgraph letters should be written in black ink. 1945 Comment from Italy (Three Arts Club) 41 For weeks now there had been little for him,—just an occasional Airgraph,—nothing more. 1955 H. Gernsheim & A. Gernsheim Hist. Photogr. 254 The airgraph service which operated between 1941 and 1945, in which by modern microfilm methods myriads of messages were flown between families in England and the fighting services in the four corners of the world. 2004 J. Skilbeck tr. C. Allaz Hist. Air Cargo & Airmail from 18th Cent. iv. i. 148 In spite of its inspiring title, it does not appear that the [American] V-mail met with as much success as the British Airgraph. < as lemmas |
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