Telegraphic

Examples

• Was the telegraphic form one of these on the table? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Each machine was operated by a clerk, who translated the message into telegraphic characters and prepared the transmitting tape by punching the necessary perforations therein. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The Morse telegraphic code, consisting of dots, dashes, and spaces, is given in Figure 218. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This created a serious scarcity, and a nomadic operator going to any telegraphic centre would be sure to find a place open waiting for him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In Edison's boyish days it was quite different, and telegraphic supplies were hard to obtain. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Practically it served as the basis of some real telegraphic work, but is not now in use. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This perfection in insulation has greatly facilitated the establishment of telegraphic communication between England and the Continent. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• To complete those lines required 40,000 miles of wire, and there are 3,000 persons engaged in the transmission of telegraphic intelligence. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Of course, that caused no alarm so long as telegraphic communication was kept up with Sherman. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Again Mary Anne's telegraphic arm worked. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Thus in a few minutes' longer time than it took a mule to walk the length of its coil, telegraphic communication would be effected between all the headquarters of the army. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Already, however, it had been urged that Sturgeon's magnet could be used for telegraphic purposes, and a futile trial was made. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Mr. Davy had, in 1843, taken out a patent for the application of electro-chemical marks to telegraphic purposes, but his method was not sufficiently practical to be brought into use. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Most of the early telegraphic inventors encumbered their inventions with the same obstacle, as they seemed to consider it necessary to have a separate circuit for each letter of the alphabet. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The gravity cell is cheap, easy to construct, and of constant strength, and is in almost universal use in telegraphic work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The ordinary speed of telegraphic signals is thirty-five to forty words a minute; but with this machine several hundred words were possible. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In arranging a telegraphic circuit, the voltaic batteries and the instruments are introduced at breaks in the telegraph wire. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A telegraphic despatch, received at the Admiralty from Portsmouth, announced--Lord Wellington defeated;--and then the communication was interrupted by a fog. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The railway, the steamship, and the telegraphic cable were indeed changing all the conditions of colonial development. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Burnside had been cut off from telegraphic communications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The Earth an Important Part of a Telegraphic System. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This telegraphic message caused great consternation, and the utmost anxiety was experienced to learn the extent of the supposed disaster. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• On reaching that conclusion, Mr. Franklin had sent his telegraphic message to London, and there the matter now rested till to-morrow came. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• For furnishing current for telegraphic purposes the dynamo, and especially the storage battery, have in late years found useful application. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Then he listens in, and if he receives the clicks that show that the other station has heard him he is ready to establish regular telegraphic communication. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Up to the autumn of 1837 my telegraphic apparatus existed in so rude a form that I felt a reluctance to have it seen. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A telegraphic communication of eyes passed between the other three ladies. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The first application of voltaic electricity to telegraphic purposes was made by Mr. Soemmering in 1809. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This neutralized the tailing effect by clearing the line between pulsations, thus allowing the telegraphic characters to be clearly and distinctly outlined upon the tape. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• On June 10 the telegraphic fleet steamed out of Plymouth harbor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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