autometer

British

/ ˈɔːtəʊˌmiːtə /

noun

a small device inserted in a photocopier to enable the process of copying to begin and to record the number of copies made

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The crank was an autometer, or self-measurer, and in that respect your superior and mine, my little drake.

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles

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