What's the difference between kerite and telegraphy?

Kerite


Definition:

  • (n.) A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy.

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Telegraphy


Definition:

  • (n.) The science or art of constructing, or of communicating by means of, telegraphs; as, submarine telegraphy.

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  • (1) The compression technique is a variation of the Consultive Committee on International Telephony and Telegraphy Joint Photograph Experts Group compression that suppresses the blocking of the discrete cosine transform except in areas of very high contrast.
  • (2) The recognition of telegraphy disturbed by noise seems to follow the relations known from experiments with short-tone audiometry.
  • (3) These facts should be taken into consideration when training telegraphy operators as well as in the construction of radio receivers to permit listening at low frequencies.
  • (4) He was susceptible to get-rich-quick schemes: the ventures he invested in and promoted – even as he was writing his greatest books – included vineyards, a steam generator, a steam pulley, a watch company, an insurance company, marine telegraphy, a food supplement called Plasmon, a chalk engraving process called Kaolatype, self-adjusting suspenders and the Paige typesetting machine, which bankrupted him at the height of his fame and forced him back on to the lecture circuit to pay his debts, in part, it's been suggested, to protect the value of his "honourable" brand.
  • (5) The licence fee has funded the BBC since 1923, when the Wireless Telegraphy Act was introduced to cover radio sets.

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