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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 190 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES The limit of letters in one word of See also:

plain See also:language was raised from ro to 15, and the number of figures from 3 to 5. The See also:International See also:Telegraph See also:Bureau was also ordered to compile an enlarged See also:official vocabulary of See also:code words, which it is proposed to recognize as the See also:sole authority for words which may be used in cypher telegrams sent by the public. (See Appendix to Postmaster-See also:General's See also:Report, 1897.) See further the See also:country at a See also:uniform See also: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 for the first twenty words, and threepence for every the See also:City of See also:London in that See also:year. The See also:history of the See also:telephone service and the growth of the See also:industry are set out in the, See also:article TELEPHONE.

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