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telegraphone
[ tuh-leg-ruh-fohn ]
noun
- an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
Word History and Origins
Origin of telegraphone1
Example Sentences
The American Telegraphone Company, which had attempted unsuccessfully to market the machine, claimed that AT&T feared the device’s ability to record calls.”
The telegraphone was the world’s first answering machine.
A 1925 Edison Western Union Stock Ticker, a 1915 Springfield-made Telegraphone and an 1895 Edison Home Phonograph are among the items planned for the display.
The 'telegraphone' directly records on a steel tape the sounds of the human voice as sent through the telephone, and by an absolutely invisible re-arrangement of the magnetized particles of steel, makes a writing in which there is no possibility of visual legibility.
"A telegraphone," replied Constance, shutting it off for a moment.
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