pantelegraphn.
/panˈtɛlᵻɡrɑːf/, /panˈtɛlᵻɡraf/, U.S. /pænˈtɛləˌɡræf/ Now historical and rare.
A form of facsimile telegraph invented by Giovanni Caselli in 1856 for transmitting images along a line connecting two isochronously oscillating pendulums, one of which guides an iron point over the original (written or drawn in non-conducting ink on metallic paper), so setting up equivalent motions in the other, which carries a pencil to reproduce the image.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > printing telegraphs
printing telegraph1841
telotype1850
printer1859
pantelegraph1860
magneto-printer1883
typo-telegraph1888
teletyper1895
telecryptograph1904
teletype1904
teletypewriter1904
Creed1911
teleprinter1911
teletypesetter1928
telex1968
1860 Littell's Living Age 14 Apr. 92/1 A visit paid by the emperor of the French last week to the establishment of M. Froment, for the purpose of witnessing several new experiments in electricity, and particularly of observing the working of the pantelegraph of the Abbé Caselli, of Florence.
1877 Manufacturer & Builder Apr. 83/1 A modification of Caselli's Pantelegraph..was recently in operation between the Signal Service section of the Centennial Exhibition and the chief Signal Office at Washington, on a circuit about 150 miles long.
1998 Edupage (online newsletter) 22 Oct. In 1862 the Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli created a machine called a pantelegraph that added to Bain's invention by including a synchronizing apparatus.
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1863 Sci. Amer. 12 Sept. 166/3 He could tell you, to a semitone, the note of anything sounded, from a dry stick to a shovel. This has been suggested by an article on Caselli's Pantelegraphy, found in the July number of the Paris journal .
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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