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
Claude Chappe's (1763-1805) aerial telegraph (semaphore) system in use in Algeria. From Louis Figuier Les Merveilles de la Science, Paris, c1870. Engraving.
Artist's impression of Claude Chappe (1763-1805) demonstrating his optical telegraph (semaphore) system in 1793. From Louis Figuier Les Merveilles de la Science, Paris c.1870. Engraving
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.
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 Channel. Above them rowing boats full of French troops are approaching England, while in the air a fleet of balloons is transporting more troops.
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
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
Front and back of small card depicting the semaphore alphabet for girl guides, printed in 1947. System of long-distance communication using moving flags.
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 .
Sectional view of German mine showing method of sinking shafts and driving horizontal galleries. Windlass at B, C used to raise and lower men, materials and spoil. From Agricola De re metallica Basle 1556. Woodcut.
Sending a semaphore signal using flags. Members of the Middlesex (Victoria Rifles) Volunteers, 4th Volunteer Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, signalling. The man looking through the telescope observes a signal from the previous station on relay and reads it out so it can be sent on by his team to the next station using their flags. Illustration from Her Majesty's Army. (London, c1880).
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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.
Tower mill: Sectional view of windmill showing grain being fed into millstones in centre. Miller is turning cap of mill round so that sails face into the wind. From German edition of Agostino Ramelli Le diverse et artifiiciose machine published 1620. Engraving.
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Sectional view of a mine showing shafts and galleries. At surface of each shaft is a winch or windlass for raising and lowering loads. At D a miner wheels a barrow of ore or spoil out of mine through adit with timber reinforced entrance. From Agricola De re metallica Basle 1556. Woodcut.
Aerial Telegraph. Roman signal towers. A basket containing fire was hung from an arm near the top of the tower and used to signal a message which was passed along a chain of similar towers. Liebig trade card c.1900. Chromolithograph
The Atlantic Telegraph: On deck of SS 'Great Eastern' searching cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic 31 July 1865. From WH Russell The Atlantic Telegraph London 1866. Tinted lithograph.
The Atlantic Telegraph: preparing to grapple for the broken cable from the bows of the SS 'Great Eastern' 2 August 1865. From WH Russell The Atlantic Telegraph London 1866. Tinted lithograph.
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Opening of the London to Paris telegraph link. Instrument room at the Submarine Telegraph Company, Cornhill, London, showing Wheatstone needle telegraph instrument. Wood engraving November 1852 Photoshop XMP Dublin Core
Aerial Telegraph: Ancient Greek soldiers tending a signal fire. It is claimed that news could be transmitted 525 km in a night. Liebig trade card c.1900. Chromolithograph
Sectional view of a bone cavern showing debris of animal bones. William Buckland (1784-1856) English geologist and clergyman, considered the remains to be evidence of the Biblical Flood. From A Popular History of Science (London, 1880). Engraving.
Post mill: Sectional view of windmill showing grain being fed into millstones in centre. On left of mill, sack of grain is being hoisted top of building. In this design of mill the whole structure was rotated on post, R, to bring the sails into the wind. From German edition of Agostino Ramelli Le diverse et artificiose machine published 1620. Engraving.
Transatlantic telegraph. William Thomson's (Lord Kelvin 1824-1907) receiving apparatus used at Brest, including his mirror galvanometer (left), an instrument for measuring small electric currents Wood engraving 1877
Sectional view of Gay-Lussac's lead chambers and absorption towers, 1870. These were for the large-scale production of sulphuric acid also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2SO4, one of the most important industrial chemicals. Invented in 1827, Gay-Lussac's (1778-1850) method only came into use after the invention by John Glover (1817-1902) of the denitrating tower (E) some thirty years later. From Les Merveilles de l'Industrie by Louis Figuier. (Paris, c1870). Engraving
An A to Z alphabet in the form of semaphore flag signals that form part of an old set of cigarette cards from WD and HO Wills, Bristol and London, part of Imperial Tobacco. The set is entitled: Signalling series. These sets cards were given away singly in packets of cigarettes and were (and are still) popular collector's items. Semaphore signalling using hand held flags is still a strong naval tradition. Vintage graphics from M&N Publishing
Artist's reconstruction of the scene when Tsar Ncholas I (1796-1855), sending the first message from St Petersburg telegraph station, used a modification of Chappe's semaphore system. From Louis Figuier Les Merveilles de las Science, Paris c1870.
Operator receiving a message in Morse code on printing telegraph. In box under table are the wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity. Wood engraving 1887
Refrigeration: Sectional view of ice-house showing ramming down of ice. Pit dug and lined with brick, poor conductor of heat. Roof covered with thatch for same reason. Each piece of ice dipped in water before packed in ice-house, so forming solid mass with minimum surface area exposed. Drain at bottom. Woodcut, London, 1838
Rear view of Charles Wheatstone's electric (railway) telegraph, showing its connection OT lines running beside the railway track. From Illustrations of Natural Philosophy, John Reynolds, London, 1850
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Morse electric printing telegraph. Front view of instrument showing roll of paper for recording messages and the transmitting key at A. D are wet cells (batteries) providing electricity. Chromolithograph c1882
Morse electric printing telegraph. Rear view of instrument showing roll of paper for recording messages and the transmitting key at C. D are wet cells (batteries) providing electricity Chromolithograph c1882
British Post Office railway van showing the net for collecting mailbags whilst the train was moving. Engraving from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge (London, 1876).
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Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph by tapping out code with key. Under table are we cells (batteries) supplying electricity . Wood engraving 1887
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Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph by tapping out code with key. Under table are we cells (batteries) supplying electricity . Wood engraving 1887
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John Watkins Brett (1805-1863) English telegraph pioneer who, with his brother Jacob, founded the General Oceanic Electric Telegraph Company (1845). Engraving from Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870).
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Caselli's pantelegraph: At the sending station the dispatch was written or drawn on sheet of metallized paper in thick insulating ink and placed on curved plate. At receiving station, sheet of paper impregnated with potassium ferrocyanide placed in plate and stylus produced imaged on the impregnated paper. Receiving apparatus. Wood engraving from Amedee Guillemin Les Applications de la Physique, Paris, 1874
Caselli's pantelegraph: At the sending station the dispatch was written or drawn on sheet of metallized paper in thick insulating ink and placed on curved plate. At receiving station, sheet of paper impregnated with potassium ferrocyanide placed in plate and stylus produced imaged on the impregnated paper. Wood engraving from Amedee Guillemin Les Applications de la Physique, Paris, 1874
George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774. From Louis Figuier Les Grandes Inventions, Paris, 1876
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