Telegraph (disambiguation)
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Telegraphy, for long-distance communication
- Electrical telegraphElectrical telegraphAn electrical telegraph is a telegraph that uses electrical signals, usually conveyed via telecommunication lines or radio. The electromagnetic telegraph is a device for human-to-human transmission of coded text messages....
, a form of telegraph that uses electric signals - Printing telegraphPrinting telegraphThe Printing Telegraph was invented by Royal Earl House in 1846.The device was made by linking two 28-key piano-style keyboards by wire. Each piano key represented a letter of the alphabet and when pressed caused the corresponding letter to print at the receiving end. A "shift" key gave each main...
, a form of electrical telegraph that uses plain text instead of Morse Code - Optical telegraph, another name for semaphore line
- Hydraulic telegraphHydraulic telegraphA hydraulic telegraph was one of two hydraulic-telegraphic telecommunication systems, one developed in 4th century BCE Greece, and the other in 19th century AD Britain...
, a telegraph based on the displacement of water between signals, or by the movement of an indicator at the end of a hydraulic circuit - TeleprinterTeleprinterA teleprinter is a electromechanical typewriter that can be used to communicate typed messages from point to point and point to multipoint over a variety of communication channels that range from a simple electrical connection, such as a pair of wires, to the use of radio and microwave as the...
- Engine order telegraphEngine order telegraphAn engine order telegraph or E.O.T., often also chadburn, is a communications device used on a ship for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed...
- TelautographTelautographThe telautograph, an analog precursor to the modern fax machine, transmits electrical impulses recorded by potentiometers at the sending station to servomechanisms attached to a pen at the receiving station, thus reproducing at the receiving station a drawing or signature made by the sender...
Geography
- Telegraph HillTelegraph HillTelegraph Hill may be:* Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California, USA* Telegraph Hill, on the A38 road in Devon, England* Telegraph Hill, Claygate, Surrey, England* Telegraph Hill, Barnet, London, England* Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, London, England...
, various places - Telegraph, TexasTelegraph, TexasTelegraph is a ghost town on Texas State Highway 377, thirteen miles 13 miles southwest of Junction, in Kimble County, Texas, United States.-History:...
- Telegraph AvenueTelegraph AvenueTelegraph Avenue is a street that begins, at its southernmost point, in the midst of the historic downtown district of Oakland, California, USA, and ends, at its northernmost point, at the southern edge of the University of California campus in Berkeley, California...
in Oakland and Berkeley, California - Telegraph Road, U.S. Route 24 in Michigan
Periodicals
- De TelegraafDe TelegraafDe Telegraaf is the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper, with a daily circulation of approximately . De Telegraaf is based in Amsterdam...
, Netherlands - The Telegraph (Alton)The Telegraph (Alton)The Telegraph is a newspaper that serves the St. Louis Metro-East. It was founded in 1836 as the Alton Telegraph by Lawson A. Parks.. It is published seven days a week and has an average daily circulation of 20,441. The paper is owned by Freedom Communications...
, Illinois - The Telegraph (Kolkata)The Telegraph (Kolkata)The Telegraph is an Indian daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 1982. It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper vies with the Times of India for the position of having the widest widest circulation of any newspaper in Eastern India.According to the Audit...
, India - The Telegraph (Macon)The Telegraph (Macon)The Telegraph, frequently referred to as the Macon Telegraph, is a McClatchy newspaper in Macon, Georgia, United States, and is the primary print news organ in Middle Georgia...
, Georgia, United States - The Telegraph (Nashua), New Hampshire
- The Telegraph (magazine)The Telegraph (magazine)The Telegraph was a fan-oriented periodical on musical matters, primarily relating to Bob Dylan. It was published in Manchester, England in 53 issues from November 1981 until the "Winter" of 1997...
, Bob Dylan fanzine - The Belfast TelegraphThe Belfast TelegraphThe Belfast Telegraph is a daily evening newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Independent News & Media.It was first published as the Belfast Evening Telegraph on 1 September 1870 by brothers William and George Baird...
, Northern Ireland - Community TelegraphCommunity TelegraphThe Community Telegraph is a free distribution newspaper published by Independent News & Media.The newspaper, a sister paper of the paid-for title, The Belfast Telegraph, was created in order to replace its direct predecessor, the now defunct Herald and Post, also a freesheet.The Community...
, Northern Ireland - Coventry Evening TelegraphCoventry Evening TelegraphThe Coventry Telegraph is a local English tabloid newspaper. Originally called The Midland Daily Telegraph, it was founded in 1891 by William Isaac Iliffe as Coventry's first daily newspaper, a four-page broadsheet newspaper originally sold for a half penny...
, England - The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
, United Kingdom - The Daily Telegraph (Australia)The Daily Telegraph (Australia)The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
- Jewish TelegraphJewish TelegraphThe Jewish Telegraph is a British Jewish newspaper. It was founded in December 1950 by Frank and Vivienne Harris, the parents of the current Editor, Paul Harris.-Founding:...
, Britain - Telegraph (Brisbane)Telegraph (Brisbane)The Telegraph was a Brisbane evening newspaper first published on 1 Oct 1872. The final edition appeared on 5 Feb 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country...
, Australia - Telegraph HeraldTelegraph HeraldThe Telegraph Herald, locally referred to as the TH, is a daily newspaper published in Dubuque, Iowa for the population of Dubuque and surrounding areas in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin...
, Iowa - Telegraph and ArgusTelegraph and ArgusThe Telegraph & Argus is the local daily newspaper for Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Printed early morning on its own presses in Bradford, but partly typeset in India, it is published six times each week, from Monday to Saturday inclusive. Locally, the paper is known as the T&A...
, England - The Catholic TelegraphThe Catholic TelegraphThe Catholic Telegraph is a newspaper published by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, which covers the Cincinnati metropolitan area, the greater Dayton area and other communities in the southwest region of Ohio, with a total diocesan population of approximately 500,000...
, Ohio, United States
- See also: The Evening TelegraphEvening TelegraphThe Evening Telegraph was for most of its existence Ireland's leading evening newspaper. It was published in Dublin between 1871 and 1924. Its main rivals were the widely read Dublin Evening Mail and the less widely read Evening Herald.-Launch:...
Miscellaneous
- Telegraph (song)Telegraph (song)"Telegraph" is a song by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released as the second single from their studio album Dazzle Ships. "Telegraph" had originally been considered as the first release, but not being happy with the mix and, with pressure from Virgin, the band opted for "Genetic...
, a 1983 single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Telegraph (album)Telegraph (album)Telegraph is the debut album by actor, singer, and songwriter Drake Bell, who was best known at that time for his role as "Drake Parker" in the Nickelodeon television series Drake & Josh....
, an album by Drake Bell, and its title song - Telegraph RecordsTelegraph RecordsTelegraph Records is a Montpellier, France based record label founded in 1995 by Alexandre Petit and Éric Dalbin....
, music label
See also
- Telegraphing (sports), betraying one's intentions to an opponent
- Telegraphing (entertainment)Telegraphing (entertainment)Telegraphing, in the creation or performance of creative works, is the undercutting of suspenseas by advance disclosure or extreme hinting of an element in a composition, narrative plot, or recitation...
, undercutting suspense in the design or performance of a creative work - Telegraphic speechTelegraphic speechTelegraphic speech, according to linguistics and psychology, is speech during the two-word stage of language acquisition in children, which is laconic and efficient....
, stage in speech developmental - Telegraph style, clipped writing to abbreviate words
- Telegraphese, an elliptical style of writing
- Telegraph MeltsTelegraph MeltsTelegraph Melts is the twelfth album and first release of 1986 by musician Jandek. It was released as Corwood Industries #0750.-Track listing:#You – 1:38#On the Planes – 2:48#Go to Bed – 2:46#Ace of Diamonds – 4:43#Twenty Four – 4:55...
, 1986 album - Telegraph plant, shrub