Claude Chappe's (1763-1805) aerial telegraph (semaphore) system in use in Algeria. From Louis Figuier 'Les Merveilles de la Science', Paris, c1870. Engraving.

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Claude Chappe's (1763-1805) aerial telegraph (semaphore) system in use in Algeria. From Louis Figuier 'Les Merveilles de la Science', Paris, c1870. Engraving.

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