In a general sense, the name "telephone" applies to any instrument or apparatus which transmits sound beyond the limits of ordinary audibility. But, since the recent discoveries in telephony, the name is technically and primarily restricted to an instrument or device which transmits sound by means of electricity and wires similar to telegraphic wires. In a secondary sense, … [Read more...] about TELEPHONE
TELEGRAPH
In the English telegraph act of 1863, the word is defined as "a wire or wires used for the purpose of telegraphic communication, with any casing, coating, tube, or pipe inclosing the same, and any apparatus connected therewith for the purpose of telegraphic communication." St 26 A 27 Vict c 112 … [Read more...] about TELEGRAPH
TEIINLAND
Sax. In old English law. Land of a thane or Saxon noble; land granted by the crown to a thane or lord. Cowell; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 5. … [Read more...] about TEIINLAND
TEIND MASTERS
Those entitled to tithes. … [Read more...] about TEIND MASTERS
TELEGRAM
A telegraphic dispatch; a message sent by telegraph. … [Read more...] about TELEGRAM