单词 | telautograph |
释义 | telautographn. A telegraphic apparatus by which writing or drawing done with a pen or pencil at the transmitting end is reproduced in facsimile at the receiving end, by means of an electric current conveyed along a wire, and (in the usual forms of the instrument) communicating movements to the receiving pen corresponding to those made with the transmitting pen or pencil. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [noun] > apparatus for telectrograph1857 telelectrograph1857 telectroscope1878 telelectroscope1879 telephotograph1880 telautographa1884 telephote1896 phototelegraph1907 telewriter1907 telecopier1966 fax1983 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 880/1 Telautograph, an electrical device for transmitting autographs, or copying designs... The possibility of deception and the impossibility of automatic unquestionable record..are removed, it is said, by the employment of telautography. 1887 Tribune (Chicago) 25 June Prof. Elisha Gray..is perfecting an invention with wonderful possibilities... The ‘Telautograph’ is the name by which the instrument will be known. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 20 Dec. 7/1 The electricians..were shown numerous slips of paper covered with autograph writing traced by the telautograph receiver in Paris, in obedience to a person writing in London with the telautograph transmitter. Derivatives telautoˈgraphic adj. pertaining to the telautograph. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [adjective] telephotic1878 telephotographic1879 telautographic1888 phototelegraphic1907 fax1972 1888 Daily News 9 Aug. 5/7 What is known as the telautographic system, invented by Professor Elisha Gray. telauˈtography n. the use of the telautograph. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > communication of visual images > [noun] facsimile1877 telephotography1880 phototelegraphy1886 telephoty1889 picture telegraphy1896 telechirograph1903 telautography1905 radiophotography1915 telephoto1923 wirephoto1923 telefacsimile1940 telefax1941 fax1946 faxing1982 1905 Daily Chron. 10 Jan. 5/6 Some very successful experiments in telautography were made yesterday between the Paris Central Telephone Office and the Rouen Bourse Exchange. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1884 |
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