telautographs
telautographs is the plural of telautograph.
Meaning of telautograph
Noun
telautograph (plural telautographs)
- 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.
- 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.1893 April 6, “The Telautograph”, in The Iron Age, volume 51
Questions about telautographs
- What is telautographs the plural of?
- Telautographs is the plural of telautograph.
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