Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 607
THEY RAISE THEIR BODIES HALF OUT OF WATER BY FURIOUSLY FLAPPING THEIR WINGS. 462 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Mar., TELEGRAPHING 1000 WORDS A MINUTE The communicating or transmission of languageto a distance is of very remote origin. The wordtelegraphy, strictly defined, means writing … FIG. I. A TYPIST PREPARING A MESSAGE ON THETELEPOST MACHINE. afar off. As practised to-day, however, it hasa wider and broader meaning, signifying thesending of messages to a distance by any meansexcepting speech. The method of transmitting messages by sightsignals is perhaps one of the earliest…
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