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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.
RM2GTA22B–Chappes, Aube, France, Grand Est, N 48 10' 1'', E 4 14' 52'', map, Timeless Map published in 2021. Travelers, explorers and adventurers like Florence Nightingale, David Livingstone, Ernest Shackleton, Lewis and Clark and Sherlock Holmes relied on maps to plan travels to the world's most remote corners, Timeless Maps is mapping most locations on the globe, showing the achievement of great dreams
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
RM2RA2KM1–France, Puy de Dome, Chappes, growing onions for seed production, plain of Limagne, near Riom, Chaine des Puys in the background
RF2J5YNWP–FRANCE - CIRCA 1993: a stamp printed in the France shows Claude Chappe's Semaphore Telegraph, Bicentenary, circa 1993
RM2G105AM–Model of an optical telegraph. Optical telegraphs were used to transmit messages. Different positions of the arms communicated words or letters. Chappe’s design for this type of telegraph was used in France from 1792 until the introduction of the electric telegraph (1844). Between 1810 and 1813 there was an optical telegraph connection between Amsterdam and Paris, which replaced the earlier Batavian coastal telegraphs.
RM2CEMWAY–. Histoire des ballons et des aéronautes célèbres .... tre. Cette disposition nétaitpas nouvelle et avait déjà été adoptée par madame Blanchard.« Un ballon principal portait à sa base un cercle très résistantdoù partaient quatre grandes vergues sécartant à angles droitsles unes des autres, et munies à leurs extrémités de poulies ren-fermées dans leurs chappes en cuivre. Quatre ballonnets de bienmoindres dimensions que le ballon amiral (ils avaient chacun4 mètres de diamètre, 33 mètres cubes et demi étaient pla-cés à lextrémité des vergues, retenus par des cordes passantsur la poulie correspond
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
RM2GTA23F–Chappes, Ardennes, France, Grand Est, N 49 36' 36'', E 4 16' 16'', map, Timeless Map published in 2021. Travelers, explorers and adventurers like Florence Nightingale, David Livingstone, Ernest Shackleton, Lewis and Clark and Sherlock Holmes relied on maps to plan travels to the world's most remote corners, Timeless Maps is mapping most locations on the globe, showing the achievement of great dreams
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
RMAJA6K3–Sectional view of a telegraph tower for Claude Chappe's semaphore, 1792, (c1870). Artist: Unknown
RM2RA2KKH–France, Puy de Dome, Chappes, growing onions for seed production, plain of Limagne, near Riom, Chaine des Puys in the background
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
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.
RM2GT4P22–Les Chappes, Orne, France, Normandy, N 48 23' 36'', E 0 38' 1'', map, Timeless Map published in 2021. Travelers, explorers and adventurers like Florence Nightingale, David Livingstone, Ernest Shackleton, Lewis and Clark and Sherlock Holmes relied on maps to plan travels to the world's most remote corners, Timeless Maps is mapping most locations on the globe, showing the achievement of great dreams
RM2A41XN8–First telegraph despatch from Lyon, 4 March 1815, (1921). 'Première dépêche télégraphique de Lyon'. Message sent via French inventor Claude Chappe's (1763-1805) optical telegraph (semaphore) system, devised in 1793. Messages were converted into semaphore using movable arms on the tops of repeater towers which were placed from 12 to 25 km (10 to 20 miles) apart. The message was read through a telescope, then relayed it to the next tower. Messages sent from Paris could reach the outer fringes of the country in a matter of three or four hours. Before, it had taken despatc
RM2RA2KMR–France, Puy de Dome, Chappes, growing onions for seed production, plain of Limagne, near Riom, Chaine des Puys in the background (aerial view)
RMD96T6T–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.
RM2GTA23P–Chappes, Allier, France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, N 46 36' 16'', E 2 50' 3'', map, Timeless Map published in 2021. Travelers, explorers and adventurers like Florence Nightingale, David Livingstone, Ernest Shackleton, Lewis and Clark and Sherlock Holmes relied on maps to plan travels to the world's most remote corners, Timeless Maps is mapping most locations on the globe, showing the achievement of great dreams
RM2RA2KN0–France, Puy de Dome, Chappes, growing onions for seed production, plain of Limagne, near Riom, Chaine des Puys in the background (aerial view)
RM2GTA241–Chappes, Allier, France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, N 46 23' 15'', E 2 55' 35'', map, Timeless Map published in 2021. Travelers, explorers and adventurers like Florence Nightingale, David Livingstone, Ernest Shackleton, Lewis and Clark and Sherlock Holmes relied on maps to plan travels to the world's most remote corners, Timeless Maps is mapping most locations on the globe, showing the achievement of great dreams
RM2GTA22J–Chappes, Puy-de-Dôme, France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, N 45 52' 6'', E 3 13' 14'', map, Timeless Map published in 2021. Travelers, explorers and adventurers like Florence Nightingale, David Livingstone, Ernest Shackleton, Lewis and Clark and Sherlock Holmes relied on maps to plan travels to the world's most remote corners, Timeless Maps is mapping most locations on the globe, showing the achievement of great dreams
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