"telegraphoscope" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: telegraphoscopes [plural]
Etymology: From telegraph + -o- + -scope. Etymology templates: {{af|en|telegraph|-o-|-scope}} telegraph + -o- + -scope Head templates: {{en-noun}} telegraphoscope (plural telegraphoscopes)
  1. (historical) An instrument for telegraphically transmitting a picture and reproducing its image as a positive or negative. The transmitter includes a camera obscura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, relay, equilibrator, and an induction coil whose sparks perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image. Tags: historical

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