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    The Chappe telegraph was a French semaphore telegraph system invented by Claude Chappe in the early 1790s. The system was composed of towers placed every...
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    Chappe telegraph, which was invented in France in 1792 by Claude Chappe. It was popular in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. Chappe used...
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    Bernard Guyot Christian Raymond Team time trial Marcel-Ernest Bidault Georges Chappe André Desvages Jean-Claude Wuillemin Sprint Daniel Morelon Pierre Trentin...
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    display using the same code as that on the optical telegraph of Claude Chappe. The Chappe telegraph was extensively used in France by the government, so this...
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    Georges Chappe (born 5 March 1944) is a retired cyclist from France, who was nicknamed Jojo during his professional career. He was a professional from...
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    Joyce Ed Ratleff [a]  Cuba Juan Domecq Ruperto Herrera Juan Roca Pedro Chappé Miguel Álvarez Pozo Rafael Canizares Conrado Perez Miguel Calderon Tomas...
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  • Claude Chappe invents the semaphore telegraph. 1792 – Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line. 1831 – Joseph Henry proposes...
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    telegraph put into widespread use was the Chappe telegraph, an optical telegraph invented by Claude Chappe in the late 18th century. The system was used...
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  • taken up at the time, but it was noticed by Ignace Chappe, the brother of Claude Chappe. The Chappes developed an optical land telegraph which used a numerical...
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    General Bertrand, who accompanied Napoléon to Saint Helena, and the two Chappe brothers, who invented the aerial telegraph. The College was closed in 1793...
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