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RMF2AWW2–Antique circa 1895 engraving, Semaphore Signal in 1776. A semaphore telegraph, optical telegraph, shutter telegraph chain, Chappe telegraph, or Napoleonic semaphore is a system of conveying information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters, also known as blades or paddles. Information is encoded by the position of the mechanical elements; it is read when the shutter is in a fixed position.
RMD96KB3–Aerial Telegraph (Semaphore). Artist's impression of Claude Chappe (1763-1895), French engineer and inventor, demonstrating his telegraph system. Widely used, particularly in France and her colonies, until about 1850. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 1901
RMF2723R–Semaphore telegraph system used to send abstract of the Indian Mail from Marseille to Paris, Illustrated London News July 1844;
RM2AA4G9B–French early 19th century optical telegraph / semaphore telegraph, type 1806 for conveying textual information by using pivoted indicator arms
RF2JN5CGA–Ta' Kenuna Tower, a former semaphore telegraph station, now a tourist observation viewpoint, Gozo, Malta.
RMER4R61–Tsar Nicholas I inaugurating the semaphore telegraph line between Moscow and Warsaw in 1833, using a modification of Claude Chappe's semaphore system. The Tsar is turning the mechanism which altered the position of the signalling arms on top of the tower.
RMRJAEDJ–Illustration showing a transmitting key for a Morse Telegraph. 1906. The electrical telegraph, or more commonly just telegraph, superseded optical semaphore telegraph systems, thus becoming the first form of electrical telecommunications
RM2N5RMND–A Victorian coloured image of the Old Sea Gate at Calais, also known as Calais Gate, The Gate of Calais and O, the Roast Beef of Old England (from a painting by Hogarth showing a side of beef destined for England near the gate.). The gate was fitted with a drawbridge. The citadel is where Claude Chappe performed the first tests of his semaphore telegraph.Une image victorienne en couleur de la vieille porte de la mer à Calais, également connue sous le nom de porte de Calais, la porte de Calais et O, le rôti de bœuf de la vieille Angleterre (d’après une peinture de Hogarth. montrant un côté de
RMRJAEF2–Illustration showing a transmitting key for a Morse Telegraph. 1895. The electrical telegraph, or more commonly just telegraph, superseded optical semaphore telegraph systems, thus becoming the first form of electrical telecommunications
RMD96ER3–Aerial Telegraph: Naval Semaphore. Sailors hoisting flags which have been assembled to convey a message to a nearby vessel. Liebig trade card issued c.1900. Chromolithograph .
RM2A602YD–Robert Hooke's proposal for an aerial telegraph (semaphore),1684. Thirty symbols cut out of wood were hidden behind a screen, A, supported on a wooden framework. By pulling the rope, D, a symbol could be drawn into view at B, and seen through a telescope by a distant observer. Print published in Paris circa 1870
RM2BT2D73–Inside the tower of Watsons telegraph headquarters connecting maritime stations around the western & southern coastlines.The Port of Liverpool obtained a Private Act of Parliament to construct a chain of Popham optical semaphore stations from Liverpool to Holyhead in 1825 The system was designed and part-owned by Barnard L. Watson, a reserve marine officer, and came into service in 1827. It was used so that observers at Holyhead could report incoming ships to Liverpool and cargo trading could begin before the ship docked.
RM2DFHP4A–An old engraving of an optical telegraph (semaphore). It is from a Victorian book of the 1880s. It involved a line of stations (towers about 5–20 miles apart), passing visual signals or semaphores (centre pic). Station operators watched their nearest towers through a telescope. When the ‘arms’ spelt out letters/symbols, they would pass these to the next tower. The most used type was by Frenchman Claude Chappe (1792). Long arms with 7 positions, plus a connecting crossbar with 4 different angles (left), created 196 symbols. The Prussian system (right) had 6 wings and was capable of 4096 symbols
RM2J056E4–Claude Chappe (1763-1805) during the French Revolution invented a semaphore optical telegraph between towers towers in line of sight with two crossarms that could be placed in various positions
RM2RXMCTT–Prussian optical telegraph in the Flittard district, Cologne, Germany. Telegraph station No. 50 of the semaphore system existing between 1832 and 1849
RMG39GHW–CLAUDE CHAPPE French engineer, invented a telegraph system using visual semaphore signals Date: 1763 - 1805
RME8H0YG–International Transport and Communications Exhibition, shows semaphore telegraph and telecommunication tower
RMBHN80Y–Chappe d'Auteroche, Claude, 1763 - 23.1.1805, French inventor, his optical telegraph, wood engraving, 19th century,
RMHTMM6A–Aerial Telegraph (Semaphore). Artist's impression of Claude Chappe (1763-1895), French engineer and inventor, demonstrating his telegraph system. Widely used, particularly in France and her colonies, until about 1850. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 1901
RMHTMM6B–Aerial Telegraph (Semaphore). Artist's impression of Claude Chappe's (1763-1895), French engineer and inventor, telegraph system in use. Widely used, particularly in France and her colonies, until about 1850. Liebig trade card issued c1900. Chromolithograph
RFR2XGK6–Old schematic illustration of optical telegraph (transmitter). By unidentified author, publ. on Magasin Pittoresque, Paris, 1846
RF2H6KFY7–GERMANY - CIRCA 1965: a stamp printed in the Germany shows Semaphore Telegraph and Telecommunication Tower, circa 1965
RMCFCEC8–An engraving entitled ' The Semaphore, Portsmouth ' scanned at high resolution from a book published in 1847
RF2J5YNWP–FRANCE - CIRCA 1993: a stamp printed in the France shows Claude Chappe's Semaphore Telegraph, Bicentenary, circa 1993
RMD96KB6–Aerial Telegraph (Semaphore). Artist's impression of Claude Chappe's (1763-1895), French engineer and inventor, telegraph system in use. Widely used, particularly in France and her colonies, until about 1850. Liebig trade card issued c1900. Chromolithograph
RMBR6MFD–Prussia - Telegraph Battalion No. 1., A porcelain stein for Pioneer Lippert, Berlin 1904/06. Front displays a shoulder board with a lightning bundle, scenes of field line construction, telegraph and semaphore operation. The back displays a list of the names of the 2nd Company. Lithophane picture of a separation scene. Tin lid displays trophies in relief. Height 27 cm. Very rare stein in outstanding condition. historic, historical, people, 1900s, 20th century, pot, pots, pitcher, pitchers, smoking pipe, pipes, object, objects, stills, militaria, vessel, vessels,,
RM2BT2E1G–Exterior view of Watson's telegraph headquarters connecting maritime stations around the western and southern coastlines.The Port of Liverpool obtained a Private Act of Parliament to construct a chain of Popham optical semaphore stations from Liverpool to Holyhead in 1825 The system was designed and part-owned by Barnard L. Watson, a reserve marine officer, and came into service in 1827. It was used so that observers at Holyhead could report incoming ships to Liverpool and cargo trading could begin before the ship docked.
RMRJK1T3–An engraving depicting a French telegraph tower fitted with the Chappe Semaphore System. Dated 19th century
RMW592H6–A History of telegraphy and communications 5 -Edgeworth's 'optical; telegraph' method using triangles 1770 - Richard Lovell Edgeworth ( 1744 – 1817) was an Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor of the 'optical telegraph' that represented numbers that related to words in a code book
RM2RXMCRM–Prussian optical telegraph in the Flittard district, Cologne, Germany. Telegraph station No. 50 of the semaphore system existing between 1832 and 1849
RMHHG6YY–Alphabet of Foy and Breguet's needle telegraph; used on the Paris Rouen line from 1845. This was designed to use the Chappe semaphore system on an electric telegraph. 1891.
RMD96T7A–Workmen building a telegraph station to be fitted with the Chappe semaphore system c1793. From Louis Figuier 'Les Merveilles de la Science', Paris, c1870. Engraving.
RFH8PN4P–Ruins of old optical telegraph towers named Les Torretes near Calella - the semaphore towers were built in the mid-19th century.
RF2HRF1TH–Optical telegraph Simple vector icon. Illustration symbol design template for web mobile UI element.
RMP557GD–Telegraph plant or Semaphore plant. Codariocalyx motorius (Hedysarum gyrans). Illustration signed N (Frederick Nodder).. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's 'The Naturalist's Miscellany' 1790.. . Frederick Polydore Nodder (17511801?) was a gifted natural history artist and engraver. Nodder honed his draftsmanship working on Captain Cook and Joseph Banks' Florilegium and engraving Sydney Parkinson's sketches of Australian plants. He was made 'botanic painter to her majesty' Queen Charlotte in 1785. Nodder also drew the botanical studies in Thomas Martyn's
RMBR6MF7–Prussia - Telegraph Battalion No. 1., A porcelain stein for Pioneer Lippert, Berlin 1904/06. Front displays a shoulder board with a lightning bundle, scenes of field line construction, telegraph and semaphore operation. The back displays a list of the names of the 2nd Company. Lithophane picture of a separation scene. Tin lid displays trophies in relief. Height 27 cm. Very rare stein in outstanding condition. historic, historical, people, 1900s, 20th century, pot, pots, pitcher, pitchers, smoking pipe, pipes, object, objects, stills, militaria, vessel, vessels,,
RMCBJB8X–Georges-Louis Le Sage or George Lesage (1724-1803) Swiss Physicist Inventing First Electric Telegraph, Geneva, Switzerland, 1774. Vintage Illustration or Engraving
RFKGH9R1–Chatley Heath, Surrey, Semaphore Tower, one in a line of towers that linked Portsmouth naval harbour with the Admiralty in London befre the telegraph.
RMW57X4E–A History of telegraphy and communications 2 -An early illustration showing the history of telegraphy in all its forms through the years
RM2RXMCRN–Prussian optical telegraph in the Flittard district, Cologne, Germany. Telegraph station No. 50 of the semaphore system existing between 1832 and 1849
RM2T987BC–Desmodium gyrans or Codariocalyx motorius or dancing plant or semaphore plant, tropical Asian shrub in the Pea Family capable of rapid movement in daylight hours with temperature above 72 °F (22 °C) , purple flowers and used as ornament in gardening
RMD96T75–Claude Chappe's (1763-1805) aerial telegraph (semaphore) system in use in Algeria. From Louis Figuier 'Les Merveilles de la Science', Paris, c1870. Engraving.
RMDR1N80–Double-needle magneto-electric telegraph instrument patented in 1848 and manufactured by Messrs Henley and Forster in England
RM2X6XH3G–Explanation of the operation of a new French semaphore, 1794, De Admirable Telegraaph (title on object), Sheet about the operation of a new French semaphore or optical telegraph, 1794. At the top a representation, below the explanation in two columns., print, print maker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands, 1794, paper, etching, letterpress printing, height, 287 mm × width, 222 mm
RMP036GR–. English: 'View of the Telegraph erected on the Admiralty Office, Charing Cross in Feby 1796' Text in English within plate. The print dates from the year that the Revd Lord George Murray designed the original arrangement, although telegraph or semaphore signals were also developed in France as well as England in the last years of the 18th century. Murray’s system was known as the shutter telegraph and comprised a vertical board with six large holes in its face each of which could be opened, to display the sky or a light, or closed (see MDL0020). Depending on the lie of the land distances bet
RMMFNNW8–Aerial Telegraph: Naval Semaphore. Sailors hoisting flags which have been assembled to convey a message to a nearby vessel. Liebig trade card issued c.1900. Chromolithograph .
RMMFNNYY–Aerial Telegraph (Semaphore). Artist's impression of Claude Chappe (1763-1895), French engineer and inventor, demonstrating his telegraph system. Widely used, particularly in France and her colonies, until about 1850. From 'Le Petit Journal', Paris, 1901
RF2JHBM89–The covered roof of Ta' Kenuna Tower, Nadur, Gozo, now incorporating a panoramic viewing point of the whole island.
RMBR6MFA–Prussia - Telegraph Battalion No. 1., A porcelain stein for Pioneer Lippert, Berlin 1904/06. Front displays a shoulder board with a lightning bundle, scenes of field line construction, telegraph and semaphore operation. The back displays a list of the names of the 2nd Company. Lithophane picture of a separation scene. Tin lid displays trophies in relief. Height 27 cm. Very rare stein in outstanding condition. historic, historical, people, 1900s, 20th century, pot, pots, pitcher, pitchers, smoking pipe, pipes, object, objects, stills, militaria, vessel, vessels,,
RMMFNP02–Aerial Telegraph (Semaphore). Artist's impression of Claude Chappe's (1763-1895), French engineer and inventor, telegraph system in use. Widely used, particularly in France and her colonies, until about 1850. Liebig trade card issued c1900. Chromolithograph
RM2RXMCT1–Prussian optical telegraph in the Flittard district, Cologne, Germany. Telegraph station No. 50 of the semaphore system existing between 1832 and 1849
RMD96N0H–Sectional view of a telegraph tower using Chappe's (1763-1805) semaphore system, showing the method of moving the signalling arms. From Louis Figuier 'Les Merveilles de la Science', Paris, c1870. Engraving
RMP7C8XC–Telegraph plant, Codariocalyx motorius (Sensitive hedysarum, Hedysarum gyrans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816.
RM2A5YKX4–Print published in France in 1803 showing methods of invading England by air, sea, and tunnel. At the left by the harbour, and on the hill overlooking it, are Chappe telegraph towers. French troops are passing through a tunnel under the English Channel. Above them rowing boats full of French troopas are approaching England while, in the air, a fleet of balloons is transporting more troops.
RM2A7XGG7–Telegraph plant, Codariocalyx motorius (Sensitive hedysarum, Hedysarum gyrans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816.
RM2RBPAHJ–View from the train, heading towards Minehead on the West Somerset Railway, hauled by S&DJR class 7F No 88 (53808).
RM2X6WT30–Song on the Batavian coastal telegraph, 1799, De Telegraaf. National Anthem (title on object), Song on the telegraph, semaphore or semaphore invented by the French. A version of this, the Batavian coastal telegraph, was set up on the Dutch coast in 1799. Folded sheet printed on all sides with the seven verses of the song, on the front a schematic representation of the telegraph operated by four men., print, print maker: anonymous, anonymous, Netherlands, 1799, paper, etching, letterpress printing, height, 222 mm × width, 145 mm
RM2B6CAP8–Bataafse coast telegraph, 1799 Seijnpaal, of September 1799, in Scheveningen (title object) Batavian coast telegraph, semaphore or semaphore, drawn up on the coast at Scheveningen, Sept. 1799. Manufacturer : artist: anonymous place manufacture: Netherlands Date: 1799 Physical features: pen in brown ink color material: paper Dimensions: sheet: h 320 mm × W 205 mm Subject: semaphoreBataafse Republic Anglo-Russian expedition to North Holland When: 1799-09 - 1799-09
RMBR6MF5–Prussia - Telegraph Battalion No. 1., A porcelain stein for Pioneer Lippert, Berlin 1904/06. Front displays a shoulder board with a lightning bundle, scenes of field line construction, telegraph and semaphore operation. The back displays a list of the names of the 2nd Company. Lithophane picture of a separation scene. Tin lid displays trophies in relief. Height 27 cm. Very rare stein in outstanding condition. historic, historical, people, 1900s, 20th century, pot, pots, pitcher, pitchers, smoking pipe, pipes, object, objects, stills, militaria, vessel, vessels,,
RMR4KFFF–The preserved and listed Cromer Yard Signal Box at Cromer Station on the Norwich to Sheringham 'Bittern Line' in Norfolk, UK
RMAG22H7–mail/post, telegraphy, semaphore, Cuxhaven, 19th century, detail, hand gear, technics, optical telegraphy, Germany, telegraph, historic, historical,
RMW5922J–A History of telegraphy and communications 4 - Military use - A soldier using an heliograph in 1875
RM2RXMCR8–Prussian optical telegraph in the Flittard district, Cologne, Germany. Telegraph station No. 50 of the semaphore system existing between 1832 and 1849
RMD96T7J–Napoleon's soldiers defending a telegraph post shortly before his defeat by Wellington. This would have been fitted with the Chappe optical/aerial telegraph (semaphore) system. From Louis Figuier 'Les Merveilles de la Science', Paris, c1870. Engraving.
RMF7P8YN–Robert Hooke's proposal for an aerial telegraph (semaphore),1684. Thirty symbols cut out of wood were hidden behind a screen, A, supported on a wooden framework. By pulling the rope, D, a symbol could be drawn into view at B, and seen through a telescope by a distant observer. Print published in Paris circa 1870
RM2X6XH48–Explanation of the operation of a new French semaphore, 1794, Description et Representation du Telegraphe, Beschryving en Image der Telegraphe (title on object), Sheet on the operation of a new French semaphore or optical telegraph, 1794. On the right a representation, on the left the explanation in French and Dutch. Inside of an unfolded sheet printed on three sides., print, print maker: unknown, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Dirk van der Aa, (mentioned on object), publisher: J. Plaat, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, publisher: The Hague, 1794, paper, etch
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