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Claude Chappe demonstrating his optical telegraph (semaphore) system in 1793 (c1870).
Claude Chappe demonstrating his optical telegraph (semaphore) system in 1793 (c1870). Chappe's (1763-1805) system was in use in France and French colonies until about 1850. Every 5 to 10 miles men in a repeater tower read the message through a telescope, then relayed it to the next tower. From Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier. (Paris, c1870).
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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18th century
19th century
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Chappe
Claude
Claude Chappe
COMMUNICATIONS
concept
country
cross-section
demo
DEMONSTRATING
Demonstration
eighteenth century
Engraving
Figuier
France
French
INNOVATION
Invention
LOCATION
Louis
Louis Figuier
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Oxford Science Archive
People
Print Collector1
Science
Semaphore
SIGNAL
signalling
TELEGRAPHY
Telescope