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TELEPHONE (Gr. rijXe, far, and <t^ivrj, voice). Telephony is the art of reproducing sounds at a distaflce from their source, and a telephone is the instrument employed in sending or receiving such sounds. The term " telephony " was first used by Philipp Reis o ...

... rancia; the principal streets are paved and lighted by gas and electricity, and telephone and street-car services are maintained. The climate is hot but healthful, the mean annual temperature being about 72° F. The city is the seat of a bishopric dating from 1 ...

... rine and wireless) and of telephony are discussed in the articles TELEGRAPH and TELEPHONE, and various electrical instruments are treated in separate articles such as AMPEREMETER; ELECTROMETER; GALVANOMETER; VOLTMETER; WHEATSTONE'S BRIDGE; POTENTIOMETER; METER ...

... and brass foundries, and the manufactures include band instruments, furniture, telephone supplies, electric transformers, bridges, paper, flour, starch, rubber goods, acetylene gas machines, printing presses, drugs and carriages. The total value of the factor ...

... is instrument is dropping out of use and the " sounder " (and in many cases the telephone) is being used in its place. At offices where the work is heavier than can be dealt with by the ABC apparatus, the " Single Needle " instrument has been very largely empl ...

... and fitted with modern appliances. The whole area was connected with cable and telephone communication, and armed with the latest type of guns; and the fortress was supposed to be impregnable; but in the following year the station was abandoned, the naval yar ...

... ackers and shippers, saleswomen (which is the largest class), and telegraph and telephone operators they have a large representation (13 to 34 %). A great variation exists in the proportion of the sexes employed in different manufacturing industries. Of dress- ...