单词 | disc telegraph |
释义 | > as lemmasdisc telegraph disc telegraph n. now historical a telegraph in which the letters are arranged round the edge of a circular plate, which is rotated to bring a chosen letter into position. ΚΠ 1847 Mech. Mag. 23 Mar. 250 This rate was corroborated at the Amsterdam station of the Harlaem and Amsterdam line, on which Wheatstone's disc telegraph is used. 1859 T. P. Shaffner Telegr. Man. xx. 303 They invented a revolving disk telegraph, with a new double-action escapement for either one or two line-wires. 1995 G. J. Holzmann & B. Pehrson Early Hist. Data Networks 45 Details on the use of disc telegraphs in the Netherlands and in Curacao in the nineteenth century. < as lemmas |
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