sextuplex
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of sextuplex
First recorded in 1850–55; sextu(ple) + -plex
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He was still busily engaged on the telephone, on acoustic electrical transmission, sextuplex telegraphs, duplex telegraphs, miscellaneous carbon articles, and other inventions of a minor nature.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
Here he continued, moreover, his earlier work on the quadruplex, sextuplex, multiplex, and automatic telegraphs, and did his notable pioneer work in wireless telegraphy.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer
Amongst his numerous inventions are the quadruplex and sextuplex telegraph, the carbon telephone transmitter, the 'Edison system' of lighting, the electric fire-alarm, the 'Edison electric railway', the phonograph, and the megaphone.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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