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or other cipher, as distinct from printing in the usual. Roman letter. (See printing-telegraph.) The dots and dashes of the Morse, or similar system, may be produced by pressure on, or penetration of the paper (Morse), or by a chemical action at the point of contact of the styles (Bain), or the passage of the electric current. Sympa-thet′ic ink. A colorless ink, the writing made with which is made visible by a subsequent operation, — warmth, or other reacting stimulant. See ink, page 1187. Sym-phys′e-o-tome. （Surgical.) Fr. Couteau symphysien. A knife used in operation of the division of the symphysis pubis to enable the pelvis to open and permit delivery; the Sigaultian section. Sympi-e-som′e-ter. Invented by Mr. Adie of Edinburgh. It consists of a column of oil supported by atmospheric pressure, and rising, not like the mercury of the barometer into a vacuum, but against a body of hydrogen gas, which acts like a spring against the column of oil; and as the