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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of printing telegraph, invented by Malcotti for use on private lines or on ordinary telephone lines, in which the sending device is operated by pressing lettered keys like those of the type-writer and the message at the receiving station is automatically recorded in printed characters. As the name implies, the device is intended further to permit of secret communication between stations.
- noun A highspeed automatic printing telegraph brought out by Siemens and Halske in Berlin.
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