tachygraphy
31tachygraph — /tak i graf , grahf /, n. 1. tachygraphic writing. 2. a person who writes or is skilled in writing tachygraphy. [1800 10; TACHY + GRAPH] * * * …
32Pepys, Samuel — born Feb. 23, 1633, London, Eng. died May 26, 1703, London English diarist and public official. Born into a humble family, Pepys was appointed about 1659 as a clerk in the office of the Exchequer, where on Jan. 1, 1660, he began the diary for… …
33Palaeography — Palæography † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Palæography (palaia, ancient , graphe, writing ) The art of deciphering ancient writing in manuscripts or diplomas. It is distinguished from epigraphy, which provides rules for reading carved… …
34Mynors Bright — (1818 1883) was an English academic, president of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1853 to 1873. He was the decipherer of the diary of Samuel Pepys. Life Mynors Bright was the son of the physician John Bright, and of Eliza his wife.[1] He was… …
35Thomas Shelton (Stenograf) — Thomas Shelton (* 1600/01 vielleicht in der Grafschaft Norfolk; † 1650(?) in London) war ein englischer Stenograf und der Erfinder der im englischsprachigen Raum meistverwendeten Stenografie des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …
36contraction — Synonyms and related words: Speedwriting, abatement, abbreviation, abridgment, alleviation, apocope, aposiopesis, attenuation, brachygraphy, clipping, coarctation, constriction, crasis, cutting, dampening, damping, decrease, decrement,… …
37shorthand — Synonyms and related words: Speedwriting, arrowhead, autograph, autographic, brachygraphy, calligraphic, character, chirographic, contraction, cuneiform, cursive, demotic character, determinative, engrossed, flowing, grammalogue, graphic,… …
38TACHYGRAPHIA — Ars est celeriter scribendi; quô fine varias scripturas humana curiositas, pro scriptionis compendiis, excogitavit. Apud Romanos certe iam tum in peculiari charactere a Notariis desudatum fuit, ut verba non perscirberent, sed signarent, prout… …
39stenography — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See shorthand. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. phonography, stenotype, tachygraphy; see shorthand …
40Writing — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Writing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 writing writing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 chirography chirography stelography cerography Sgm: N 1 penmanship penmanship craftmanship Sgm: N 1 quill driving quill driving …
