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The Chappe Telegraph — Sciences-Découvertes — 1793 - Front
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The Chappe Telegraph — Sciences-Découvertes — 1793

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Card illustrating the Chappe Telegraph, invention of Claude Chappe in 1793, with a model of the articulated arm device. The back details its adoption by the Convention in 1794, its network of 534 stations in 1840, and its obsolescence in the face of the electric telegraph. The illustration is signed by the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris.

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CP
Reference
DJGQ65
Condition
good condition
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