heliograph
signaling device
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adaptation for military communication
- In military communication: The advent of electrical signaling
…through the development of the heliograph. It employed two adjustable mirrors so arranged that a beam of light from the sun could be reflected in any direction. The beam was interrupted by a key-operated shutter that permitted the formation of the dots and dashes of the Morse code. Where climatic…
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work of Mance
- In Sir Henry Christopher Mance
…and engineer who invented the heliograph, a signaling device that employs two mirrors to gather sunlight and send it to a prearranged spot as a coded series of short and long flashes.
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