Thursday, September 15

Napoleon's Semaphore Network

From the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22907052
Napoleonic semaphore was the world's first telegraph network, allowing messages to be sent the length of 18th Century France in mere hours. Now a group of enthusiastic amateurs are reviving the ingenious system. Bernard Pinaud explains how it works.


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