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The Heliograph - Fort Bowie National Historic Site (U.S. National ...
The heliograph was the invention of a British engineer who attached a mirror to surveying equipment in order to redirect a beam of light on distant points . Through the use of sunlight, mirrors, and a keying system to interrupt the signal, flashes could be thrown on and off a receiving station.
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Heliograph - Wikipedia
The heliograph was a simple but effective instrument for instantaneous optical communication over long distances during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Heliography - Wikipedia
Heliography is an early photographic process, based on the hardening of bitumen in sunlight. It was invented by Nicéphore Niépce around 1822.
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heliograph
▪ I. heliograph, n. (ˈhiːlɪəʊgrɑːf, -græf) [f. helio- + -graph, Gr. -γραϕος writing, writer.] 1. a. Name given to an engraving obtained by a process in which a specially prepared plate is acted on chemically by exposure to light. Also attrib. The name was originally given to the process invented by ...
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The Niépce Heliograph - Harry Ransom Center
The Niépce Heliograph was made in 1827, during this period of fervent experimentation. It is the earliest photograph produced with the aid of the camera ...
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HELIOGRAPH Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of HELIOGRAPH is an apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays flashed from a mirror.
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Heliograph (disambiguation)
Heliograph is a word derived from helios (Greek Ἥλιος / ἥλιος "sun") and graphein (γραφειν "to write"). It has several uses:
the heliograph, a device used for optical signalling
a type of sunshine recorder
a solar telescope, a telescope especially adapted
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Heliograph - Grand Illusions
The Heliograph is basically a mirror that uses the light from the sun to flash a message across a distance, often using Morse code.
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[PDF] The heliograph was a communications device used to transmit ...
DESCRIPTION: The heliograph was a communications device used to transmit messages over long distances. It uses a mirror attached to.
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HELIOGRAPH Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance. Astronomy., photoheliograph. Meteorology.
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Heliograph | National Museum of American History
A heliograph is a simple but effective solar telegraph that signals by flashes of sunlight reflected by a mirror.
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Heliography: A Double Invention That Revolutionized The World Of ...
Writing with the sun. Nicéphore Niépce called this first image a 'heliograph', literally 'sun writing' or 'work of the sun ...
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heliographic
heliographic, a. (hiːlɪəʊˈgræfɪk) [f. helio- + -graphic. Cf. F. héliographique.] 1. Pertaining to the description of the sun. heliographic latitude or heliographic longitude: the latitude or longitude of points on the sun's surface, referred to the sun's equator and to a meridian passing through the...
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Erigeron heliographis
Erigeron heliographis is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Heliograph Peak fleabane.
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heliogram
heliogram (ˈhiːlɪəʊgræm) [f. heliograph 4, after telegram.] A message transmitted by a heliograph (see next, sense 4).1881 Nature XXIV. 176 The sight of those who receive the heliogram gets..soon fatigued. 1897 Ld. Roberts 41 Yrs. India II. li. 225 Brigadier-General Massy was informed in reply to hi...
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