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eraphs which in turn distributes it to all the telegraph and railroad 
stations of the kingdom. 
The precise time is sent also to the various civic departments as 
well as to certain private institutions to which it is essential. The 
transmission of the time is made as follows: As soon as the one in 
charge of the station is in telephonic communication with some one 
wishing the time, he states the time he is going to indicate, to the 
exact minute generally, then, 10 seconds before that time he calls, 
‘‘attention,” and then accurately at the minute he says, ‘“‘tip.’’ His 
‘‘tip’’ is rarely out by two-tenths of a second. 
