Descrizione del telegrafo con rami preceduta da una introduzione istorica sui segnali militari, accompagnata da altre interessanti notizie, e dalla spiegazione in caratteri ordinarj di una tavola ideale scritta in caratteri telegrafici

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Notes: Plate 1 is an engraving of the "Telegrafo del Louvre a Parigi"; Text based upon information in Beschreibung und Abbildung des Telegraphen, describing the semaphore telegraph invented by Claude Chappe; SCDIRB has 2 copies.; SCDIRB copy 1 (39088006811160) has stamp on title page verso: Smithsonian Library; with acquisitions note pencilled in gutter of page 3: MHT Staack 10 M[a]y [19]60.; SCDIRB copy 1 has a modern beige paperboard pamphlet binder with blue cloth spine. The original decorated paper cover is mounted on the front and back of the pamphlet binder.; SCDIRB copy 2 (39088019378512) has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries. Purchased from the Special Collections Endowment.; SCDIRB copy 2 has a contemporary thin decorated paperboard binding. Housed in an archival envelope for preservation.

attributed name: Chappe, Claude 1763-1805
Author: Based on (work): Chappe, Claude 1763-1805 Beschreibung und Abbildung des Telegraphen

Topic: Military telegraph; Signals and signaling; Telegraph, Wireless; Telegraph