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A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is dim…

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  1. A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone, depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point and a moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, on which it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between the point and the moving surface. -- Mo`to*graph"ic (#), a.
  2. A device utilized in the making of a loud-speaking telephone,depending on the fact that the friction between a metallic point anda moving cylinder of moistened chalk, or a moving slip of paper, onwhich it rests is diminished by the passage of a current between thepoint and the moving surface. -- Mo`to*graph"ic (#), a.