Word: syphon
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...unparalleled feat of the syphon...
...telegram is punched out in a series of dots and dashes. But a cable streams along from an inked "syphon" pen in angles and curves like a fever chart. Curves above an imaginary line are "dots"; curves below are dashes. The number depends on the curve length. The operator reads in words, not letters...