TELEGRAPHS AND  TELEPHONES The limit of letters in one word of See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language was raised from ro to 15, and the number of figures from 3 to 5 . The See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

Telegraph See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

Bureau was also ordered to compile an enlarged See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official vocabulary of See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code words, which it is proposed to recognize as the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole authority for words which may be used in cypher telegrams sent by the public . (See Appendix to Postmaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General's See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

Report, 1897.) See further the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country at a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge irrespective of locality or distance . In 1885 sixpenny telegrams were introduced . The charge for a written telegram which came into force in 187o was one See also:

• SHILLING

shilling for the first twenty words, and threepence for every the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of See also:

• LONDON

London in that See also:

• YEAR

year . The See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone service and the growth of the See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry are set out in the, See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article TELEPHONE .