telegraphone

[tuh-leg-ruh-fohn]

noun

an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.

Origin of telegraphone

From the Danish word telegraphon, dating back to 1885–90. See tele-¹, grapho-, -phone

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Historical Examples of telegraphone

Now suppose that through a telegraphone a broker offers six per cent.
Inventors at Work
George Iles
Once upon a time a traveling engineer talked through a telegraphone to a dispatcher.
Letters from an Old Railway Official
Charles DeLano Hine