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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).

Unique Identifier AR924451

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3619px × 4826px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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Black and white

eighteenth century

NINETEENTH CENTURY

Oxford Science Archive

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