tachygraph

“A mathematical instrument maker at Paris, of the name of Conti, has conceived the notion of a portable instrument which he calls a tachygraph, by means of which any person may write, or rather print, as fast as any other person can speak.”

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827

“He could take the letters secretly; his movements, as he was a mere youth, would not be regarded with suspicion; his talents as a tachygraph might prove useful; his blameless and ingenuous character would be a passport through all difficulties.”

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom

“But the other tachygraph, Phocas, over whose report Kallias had accidentally-on-purpose spilled his inkstand on a previous occasion, had also reported this sermon, and subjected it to the sly manipulations suggested to him by his patron, Severian.”

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom