telephonographyn.
/ˌtɛlᵻfəˈnɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌtɛləfəˈnɑɡrəfi/ rare.† 1. A system for signalling over long distances by means of loud tones produced by instruments such as a steam whistle. Obsolete.This system was proposed by U.S. doctor John Baxter Upham.
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1863 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 22 May 464/1 Telephonography is the word which Dr. J. B. Upham..applies to a system of signalling by sound, which for some months he has been engaged in bringing to a form for practical use in the army and navy.
2. The working or use of a telephonograph. Now historical.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > types of
telephonography1889
wireless telephony1899
radio-telephony1906
touch-tone1962
mobile telephony1965
POTS1970
1889 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 17 May 558/2 After the recent improvements made in the phonograph..the problem of telephonography has naturally cropped up.
1997 K. E. Schenk Telecommunications Take-Off in Transition Countries iv. 61 With telephonography Budapest became the first city, in 1893, to have electronic communication and entertainment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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