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And what in the name of all that is holy is a pantagraph?

Fair-Weather Civil Libertarians 2008

Intelligent as a Post On Friday we noted that the local newspaper in Bloomington, Ill., is called the Pantagraph, and we wondered what in blazes a pantagraph is.

Name Change We Can Believe In 2008

Within a week or so a small penalty will be imposed in the form of the removal of an electric locos pantagraph, and with a little luck the downing of a section of line, a suitable place has not yet been located, but studies are under way.

The Jigsaw Man Britton, Paul, 1946- 1997

But now Tom climbed to the roof of the locomotive, and with Koku's aid managed to set the rear pantagraph at such an angle that its wheels caught the trolley cables again, and once more the current was pumped into the Hercules 0001.

Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails Victor [pseud.] Appleton

What they saw was apparently a box-car -- like a mail coach, only with more high windows -- ten feet wide, its roof more than fourteen feet from the rails, its locked pantagraph adding two feet more to its height.

Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails Victor [pseud.] Appleton

Such a form of twin conductor trolley will permit the collection of a heavy current through the twin contact of the pantagraph with the two trolley wires, and should assure a sparkless collection of the current at any speed.

Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails Victor [pseud.] Appleton

The pantagraph had been torn off the trolley wires when the locomotive had gone on the siding.

Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails Victor [pseud.] Appleton

It is the same principle as the pantagraph, cut in half as it were, one half here, the other half at the other end of the line, two telephone wires in this case connecting the halves.

The Ear in the Wall 1908

It is the principle of the pantagraph cut in half, one half here, the other half at the end of the line, two telephone wires in this case connecting the halves.

The Poisoned Pen 1908

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