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Tel′e-graph-car′riage.

A vehicle provided with the apparatus necessary for opening temporary communications with a permanent line. Fig. 6249 illustrates a form of carriage used by the postal department in England. This carries one of each of the different kinds of instruments employed,—six in number,—nearly 150 battery-cells, a proper quantity of telegraph-cable, and has accommodations for eight operators. It is used in military operations, at agricultural shows, races, etc., where no line of telegraph is immediately at hand.

The army-telegraph service is an important feature in most of the large European armies. A fieldtele-graph. See page 839; and notice under telegraph.

For account of a field-telegraph, see “Popular science Review,” Vol. XIII., London, 1874, pages 141-149.

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