synchronographn.
/sɪnˈkrɒnəɡrɑːf//sɪŋˈkrɒnəɡrɑːf//sɪnˈkrɒnəɡraf//sɪŋˈkrɒnəɡraf/ An automatic recording telegraph worked by an alternating electric current, with a synchronously moving strip of perforated paper.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > recording telegraphs
telegraph register1845
Morse1867
recorder1867
nicker1871
ink-writer1876
inker1882
ticker1883
news ticker1887
tape-machine1891
synchronograph1897
tape-ticker1904
undulator1910
reperforator1913
1897 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 7/2 Professor Crehore..has invented a wonderful instrument, called the synchronograph, by which he claims that 3,000 words per minute can be telegraphed, received, and automatically recorded.
1897 Sci. Amer. 9 Oct. 231/3 Experiments with the synchronograph, recently conducted in England.
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