auto chronograph

[Gr. αὐτός ( autos ) = self, χρόνος (chronos) = time, and γραφή ( graphe ) = a writing, or describing.] An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. ( Knight.) âu-toch-thon (plur. au-toch-thon-ēs), s. [In Fr. autochthone (sing.); Port. & Lat. autochthones (pl.); from Gr. Αὐτόχθων ( Autoch thôn ), adj. sing.; Αὐτόχθονες ( Autochthones ), pl. = sprung from the land itself; αὐτός ( autos ) = self, and χθών ( chthon )=the earth, the ground.) One of the aborigines of a country, a man, animal, or plant belonging to the race which seems to have inhabited the land before all other races of a similar kind. IMG:content-0909.png:[blocks in formation] âu-toch-thon-ic, a. (Eng, autochthon; c.] Autochthonal.