Telautograph

/ tɛlˈɔːtəˌɡræf; -ˌɡrɑːf; ˌtɛlɔːˈtɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end

Derived Forms

• telautography, noun
• telˌautoˈgraphic, adjective

Example Sentences

This is, as nearly as it may be described without the use of technical mechanical terms, the principle of the telautograph.

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For many years before he was known as the wizard of the telautograph, he was foremost in the ranks of physicists and electricians.

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The action of the telautograph depends upon the variations in magnetic strength between two small electro-magnets.

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This apparatus, at first called the telautograph, but now known as the telewriter, it will be more convenient to refer to later.

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An ordinary telegraph may be read by sound; but not the telautograph.

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