stathmograph

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στάθμη (státhmē, “a measuring line”) + -graph.

Noun

stathmograph (plural stathmographs)

1. A device for recording the speed of a railway train.

References

• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Stathmograph”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
• “stathmograph”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.