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synchronograph|sɪnˈkrɒnəgrɑːf, -æ-|
[irreg. f. Gr. σύγχρονος synchronous + -γραϕος -writing, -graph, after chronograph.]
An automatic recording telegraph worked by an alternating electric current, with a synchronously moving strip of perforated paper.
1897Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 7/2 Professor Crehore..has invented a wonderful instrument, called the synchronograph, by which he claims that 3,000 words per minute can be telegraphed, received, and automatically recorded. 1897Sci. Amer. 9 Oct. 231/3 Experiments with the synchronograph, recently conducted in England. |