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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, History of telecommunications, Semaphore, Optical communications, Napoleonic beacons in England
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optical telegraph  semaphore line  shutter telegraph chain  Semaphore tower  Chappe optical telegraph
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A system of conveying information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters; information is encoded by the position of the mechanical elements. Open English WordNet
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A system of conveying information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters; information is encoded by the position of the mechanical elements. Open English WordNet
An optical telegraph is a line of stations, typically towers, for the purpose of conveying textual information by means of visual signals. Wikipedia
Sending visual signals with pivoting shutters in towers Wikipedia Disambiguation
System of visual communication Wikidata
IS A
communication system
HAS PART
Chappe telegraph
HAS KIND
smoke signal
Chappe telegraph
HAS INSTANCE
Prussian semaphore system
Torre de telegrafía óptica de Olmedilla de Alarcón
Torre de telegrafía óptica de Valverde de Júcar
Torre Juan Bueno
Tour Saint-Pierre
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Claude Chappe
USES
semaphore
Open English WordNet
EN
semaphore line, shutter telegraph chain
Wikipedia
EN
optical telegraph
Wikidata
EN
semaphore line
Wikipedia Redirections
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Chappe optical telegraph, Chappe semaphore, Chappe semaphore system, Chappé telegraph, Le systeme Chappe, Napoleonic semaphore, Napoleonic telegraph, Optical Telegraph, Optical telegraph line, optical telegraphy, semaphore line, semaphore system, semaphore telegraph, Semaphore tower, Shutter semaphore, Shutter semaphore chain, shutter telegraph, Shutter telegraph chain, Shutter telegraphy, Storebæltstelegrafen
Wikidata Alias
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optical telegraph, semaphore, Semaphore tower, semaphore tower

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