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LAKANAL (Joseph). Report on the telegraph, made on behalf of - Lot 55
LAKANAL (Joseph). Report on the telegraph, made on behalf of the Committee of Public Instruction ... reprinted by order of the National Convention. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, Vendémiaire, an III (1794). Leaflet in-8, 11 pages, with original title, bradel red paper boards (Modern binding). Rare pamphlet devoted to the discovery and experiments of Claude Chappe (1763-1805), creator of the aerial telegraph, which enabled messages to be transmitted by means of signals obtained using articulated arms established on a series of towers.
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