. Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics . Fig. 15.—Resistance bos. Fig. 16.—Phonoplex Stenograpliic system. 844 TELEGRAPH. a telegraph line, is that in wliic^h stenography is called into play, invented by Miehela and perfected by (. stenograpliic systememployedsubdiviihjs wordsinto their phon.^ic ele-ments, which are repre-sented graphically by vari-ous conibinutions of a verysmall number of differentsigns. The apparatus con-sist
. Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics . Fig. 15.—Resistance bos. Fig. 16.—Phonoplex Stenograpliic system. 844 TELEGRAPH. a telegraph line, is that in wliic^h stenography is called into play, invented by Miehela and perfected by (. stenograpliic systememployedsubdiviihjs wordsinto their phon.^ic ele-ments, which are repre-sented graphically by vari-ous conibinutions of a verysmall number of differentsigns. The apparatus con-sists of a key-board at oneend of the line and at theother a series of typelevers, upon which thevarious stenographic char-acters are carried. Bypressing a key at the send-ing end. the correspondinglever is raised at the re-ceiving end, and the char-acters are ])rinted upon aroll of pa])er which ad-
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