DefinitionMeans for transmitting to a distance messages, unlimited with respect to the extent of information they are adapted to convey, and the transmission and facsimile reproduction of written, printed, or otherwise produced characters, marks, pictures, etc., unlimited with respect to form or outline, by the utilization of conductive or inductive electrical current impulses or reversals, the elements of the messages being selected or composed at will, according to a prearranged code, or the transmitter being actuated or controlled by a previously designed pattern. (1) Note. Electric signaling means that are limited with respect to the number, character, or subject matter of messages adapted to be conveyed thereby or with respect to the selection of the elements of a message or the possibility of composing the same thereby are deemed to be electric signals, indicators, and alarms rather than electric telegraphs. Means for the conversion of sound waves into conductive or inductive electrical impulses and reconversion into sound waves for reproduction of sounds at a distance are classified as telephones. |
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