In small towns and villages where the traffic is light, and a skilled telegraphist is unnecessary, the Wheatstone A.
The pay of a telegraphist in London rises to £160 a year, with the prospect of promotion to higher positions.
Wood will be long remembered by telegraph men as the first telegraphist on the continent of America, a distinction worthy of record in the annals of telegraphy, and is the oldest telegraph man living at the present time in America.
He himself was an expert telegraphistand always took a lively interest in the welfare and success of the telegraph fraternity.
We were three, all told, at the station: she, I, and a little telegraphist with white eyebrows and eyelashes.
The little telegraphist paid frequent and regular visits to the waiting-room, laid his elbows on the counter, but was, for the most part, as mute as the grave.
Thus thetelegraphist is "fed" by the operator at the concentrator, and has to send a message to any one of the thirty towns instead of, under ordinary working, to only three or four towns.
But the moment I was out of bed a strange giddiness seized me, and turning round I fell, and remember no more until I found a friendly telegraphist endeavouring to rouse me with libations of cold water freely applied.
Stepan had now some work to do; and a gruff German telegraphist was in possession of the hut in which I had formerly taken shelter.
That gorgeous apparel which you believe must cover the manly form of a dashing cavalry officer, is but the official dress of a telegraphist or an apothecary’s clerk.
He spoke of the fact that any telegraphist could obtain $30 a year extra pay by making himself competent to discharge the duties of a letter sorter, and another $30 by passing an examination on the technical questions of telegraphy.
Again, the annual increment had been withheld from one Lacon, a telegraphist at Birmingham, and the local Secretary of the Postal Telegraph Clerks' Association.
At that moment our conversation was interrupted by the sharp ringing of the bell of the telegraph instrument near us, and an instant later the telegraphist in charge entered, and seated himself at the table.
He wrote on, and on, till the telegraphist cried halt.
Doris and her father were there, the telegraphist being out.
The telegraphistexplained the absence of a messenger, so Mr. Martin delivered the telegram in person.
She had had a way then of glancing at the people's faces, but she had early learnt that if you became a telegraphist you soon ceased to be astonished.
Or worse still: imagine that telegraphist is in love, and at the same time married, and that his wife is as stooping, as unkempt, and as decent a person as himself.
The telegraphist gave an account of Sonnenkamp's frightful appearance and conduct on the night that Roland was missing.
The telegraphist assented, and had many wonderful stories to tell.
Eric was glad to be able to exhibit this to his pupil, and the telegraphist added many important and interesting details.
A Leading Telegraphist had walked out from the wireless office, and, in obvious hopes of getting hold of the telescope, was standing at his elbow.
The Boy Telegraphist hauled himself, panting, on to the bridge, and thrust a crumpled signal before the Captain's eyes.
When a telegraphist first gets into his hand this beautifully simple and electrically delicate instrument, his first inclination is to test its carrying-power.
By an arrangement which a practical telegraphist will understand, the key of the Morse was kept in circuit, so that signals could be exchanged in that way.
Obviously the invention cannot rest where it is; and no one more readily than the practical telegraphist will welcome an instrument at once simple, direct, and reliable.
We have heard this by means of the telegraphist of the Cable Company, who came to the Casa Gould in the early morning with the news.
He clasped the telegraphist close round the neck, assuring him that all the officers of the Esmeralda garrison were going to be made colonels, while tears of happiness streamed down his sodden face.
The Capataz said nothing of them; he only told me that the telegraphist of the Cable Company was walking on the Plaza, bareheaded, looking out for me.
Thus it came about that the town major, coming along later, found the whole party sleeping on the stairs and in passages, and the telegraphist (who scorned this chance of escape) very busy clicking the key of the transmitter.
The telegraphist was signalling to Bernhardt all the time, and his last transmitted words were, 'They are bursting in the door, and taking possession of the cable office.
The events of the last forty-eight hours in Sulaco were not known to him; neither was he aware that the telegraphist in Esmeralda had managed to warn his colleague in Sulaco.
I have been talking with the telegraphistin the middle of the Plaza Mayor; thus I am certain that we could not have been overheard.
Telegraphists were sorely needed, so Macrombie of the racking hoast and the shaky hand was passed as fit for Service, and duty rated as Petty Officer Telegraphist aboard one of the contemned tin-pots.
As Fate would have it, Macrombie, ex-Petty Officer Telegraphist of the R.
The male inhabitants of the village often spent entire nights under the verandah of the telegraph office, and the importance of the telegraphist suddenly grew almost too great to bear with becoming modesty.
The Frankfort telegraphist was busy calling Heilbron, not knowing that the town had again changed masters.
When Rundle's force was at Senekal and Brabant's Horse at Harmonia every one of their telegrams was read by a telegraphist attached to one of the commandoes lying in the vicinity.
Attaching one end to the instrument, I heard the English telegraphist in Heilbron calling up Kroonstadt, and the Boer telegraphist in Frankfort working to Reitz.
As this tap has a bell-like sound, thetelegraphist can also read the signals of the message by his ear.
The fair telegraphist smiled, almost laughed, as her mind hovered over the home circle.
Thus the soldier telegraphist is up to many dodges whereby he can save time or save material, both of which may be precious.
The inner end of the wire is connected to the axle of the reel in such a way that a telegraphist in the cart is in communication all the time with the starting-point, the wheels of the cart providing him with an earth connection.
Each of us then connects his instrument to the wire and to earth, after which we can signal to each other while the telegraphist is unaware of the fact.
True, some of them sported handsome gold watches, and one or two displayed diamonds, of which Ben had none, but otherwise a spectator would have placed the young telegraphist on the same social footing with the aristocratic youths around him.
The duty of the telegraphist is very confining, and so exacting that the most rugged health often gives way under it, and persons take to other business before completely broken up.
Will did not know of the temporary cabin erected for the telegraphist at the railway line a few hundred yards away: surely, he thought, Machado did not intend to convey the boy at this time of night to the old camp five miles distant.
The telegraphistlay for a few moments as though hesitating.
Will stood at his side, and the telegraphist remained a little in the rear.
A blow with the right, and one with the left almost at the same instant, hurled the telegraphist to the ground.
The telegraphist would hardly feel safe to perform his duties, if they were still required of him, with O'Connor near at hand, even though he was bound.
It is a singular circumstance that the original telegraphic code did not comprise any signal for the letter "Q;" but the telegraphist was not to be beaten.
The telegraphist warned the officials at Paddington to look out for a man dressed like a Quaker.
To make this trial of telegraphy complete, Agra switched us on to another line, and we were soon talking to a native telegraphist at the Indian Government Cable Station, Calcutta.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "telegraphist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
