magnetic telegraph

Related Words

• Magnetic

  ·noun A <<Magnet>>. II. Magnetic ·adj ·Alt. of <<Magnetical>>. III. Magnetic ·noun Any metal, as i...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Telegraph

  ·vt To convey or announce by telegraph. II. Telegraph ·noun An apparatus, or a process, for communi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Electro-magnetic

  ·adj Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric c...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Telegraph plant

  ·add. ·- An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Telegraph Street

  East out of Moorgate Street, at No.12, to Copthall Avenue (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• bush-telegraph

  n. Confederates of bushrangerswho supply them with secret information of the movements of thepolice...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• magnetic amplitude

  The angle between the east or west point of a compass and any heavenly body at its rising or setting...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• magnetic azimuth

  An arc of the horizon intercepted between the azimuth circle of a celestial object and the magnetic ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• magnetic compensator

  An iron plate fixed near the compass, to neutralize the effect of local attraction upon the needle. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• magnetic needle

  Applied to theodolites, ships' compasses, &c. A balanced needle, highly magnetized, which points to ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• magnetic storm

  An extraordinary magnetic action indicated by delicate magnetometers in a magnetic observatory, not ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• submarine telegraph

  Consists of a steel wire-rope, containing a heart of gutta-percha and other soft materials, in which...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• telegraph, to

  To convey intelligence to a distance, through the medium of signals. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• engine-room telegraph

  A dial-contrivance by which the officer on deck can communicate with the engineer below. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book