Telautograph
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Telautograph is a noun meaning (historical) An analogue precursor to the fax machine, transmitting electrical impulses recorded by potentiometers to servomechanisms attached to a pen at the receiving station, thus reproducing a drawing or signature made by the sender.
Meaning
(historical) An analogue precursor to the fax machine, transmitting electrical impulses recorded by potentiometers to servomechanisms attached to a pen at the receiving station, thus reproducing a drawing or signature made by the sender.
Example Sentences
On Tuesday, March 21, was made the first public test of the telautograph, a long distance writing machine, the invention of Professor Elisha Gray of Chicago, which practically solves the problem of autographic communication over miles of wire.
Word Forms
- telautographs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include telautogram, autotelegraph, teletype, telotype, teletypewriter, telegraphone.
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