Claude Chappe (1763-1805), French engineer and inventor, c1900. Artist: Unknown

Claude Chappe (1763-1805), French engineer and inventor, c1900. Artist: Unknown

1-158-047 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Claude Chappe (1763-1805), French engineer and inventor, c1900. An artist's impression of Chappe 's aerial telegraph semaphore system in use. It was widely used particularly in France and its colonies until c1950. Liebig trade card issued c1900.


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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Claude Chappe: French: Inventor

Medium
  1. Chromolithograph

Picture Type
  1. Poster

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5077x3442
File Size : 51,197kb


Aliases

  1. 006359
  1. 006359
  1. 0460000483
  1. 1-158-047
  1. 1158047
  1. 483

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