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• Telpher line — Telpher Tel pher, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + fe rein to bear.] 1. (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. [1913 Webster] 2. (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Telpher — Tel pher, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + fe rein to bear.] 1. (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. [1913 Webster] 2. (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Telpher road — Telpher Tel pher, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + fe rein to bear.] 1. (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. [1913 Webster] 2. (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• funicular — Synonyms and related words: Amtrak, baggage train, cable railroad, cable railway, cableway, capillary, choo choo, cirrose, cirrous, cog railroad, cog railway, el, electric, electric train, elevated, express, express train, fibered, fibroid,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Anthony Reckenzaun — (1850 1893) was an electrical engineer who worked in the UK and the USA.Reckenzaun worked on electric tramcars and electric boats. He is probably best known for applying worm gear drive to tramcars. This was not a great success on full size… …   Wikipedia