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  • 1telegraph — telegrapher /teuh leg reuh feuhr/; esp. Brit., telegraphist, n. /tel i graf , grahf /, n. 1. an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, esp. by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a …

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  • 2wire — I. n. Metallic thread. II. v. a. 1. Put upon a wire. 2. Bind with wire. 3. Ensnare by wires. 4. (Recent.) Telegraph, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram …

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  • 3railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …

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  • 4Charles Wheatstone — Wheatstone, drawn by Samuel Laurence in 1868 Born 6 …

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  • 5Telegraphy — (from the Greek words (τηλε) = far and (γραφειν) = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters. Radiotelegraphy or wireless telegraphy transmits messages using radio. Telegraphy includes… …

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  • 6technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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  • 7Samuel F. B. Morse — Infobox Celebrity name = Samuel F. B. Morse caption = Samuel Finley Breese Morse, ca. 1845 birth date = birth date|1791|4|27|mf=y birth place = Charlestown, Massachusetts death date = death date and age|1872|4|2|1791|4|27|mf=y death place = 5… …

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  • 8Weather forecasting — weather forecaster redirects here. For other uses, see Weatherman (disambiguation). Forecast of surface pressures five days into the future for the north Pacific, North America, and north Atlantic ocean. Weather forecasting is the application of… …

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  • 9Atmospheric electricity — is the regular diurnal variations of the Earth s atmospheric electromagnetic network (or, more broadly, any planet s electrical system in its layer of gases). The Earth’s surface, the ionosphere, and the atmosphere is known as the global… …

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  • 10Traffic Control — ➡ law enforcement * * * Introduction       supervision of the movement of people, goods, or vehicles to ensure efficiency and safety.       Traffic is the movement of people and goods from one location to another. The movement typically occurs… …

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