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Telpher
Telpher Tel"pher, n. (Elec.) Specif., the equipment or apparatus used in a system of electric transportation by means of carriages which are suspended on an overhead conductor, as of wire.
Telpher
Telpher Tel"pher, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + ? to bear.] (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.
Telpher line
Telpher Tel"pher, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + ? to bear.] (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.
Telpher road
Telpher Tel"pher, n. [Gr. ? far, far off + ? to bear.] (Elec.) A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.
Telpherage
Telpherage Tel"pher*age, n. (Elec.) Specif., electric transportation of goods by means of carriages suspended on overhead conductors, as of wire, the power being conveyed to the motor carriage by the wires on which it runs. Telpherage and telpher are sometimes applied to such systems in which the motive power is not electricity.
Telpherage
Telpherage Tel"pher*age, n. The conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. --Fleeming Jenkin.

Meaning of Elphe from wikipedia

- Elpis (died c. AD 504), also known as Elphe or Elpide, was a Latin poet and hymnographer, and the first wife of Severinus Boethius. Two hymns of praise...