heliograph

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Many of the instruments used in early operations of the United States Army Signal Corps were adaptations of equipment used by the Plains Indians, particularly that of the heliograph.

From SAT Tests

In the flash of heliograph signals in the North Sea haze and the speaking of great naval guns, the world has lately read a certain statement about the British Empire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Giraffe is a pretty good hand at heliograph work and all kinds of wigwagging, you know.

From The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine by Carter, Herbert

A few minutes later, having ascertained the extent of the attack, our signallers opened communication with Higher Irlam, and the information was conveyed on to Barton, whence the heliograph flashed the news down to Stretford.

From The Great War in England in 1897 by Le Queux, William

Far in rear, upon a hill-top, a heliograph blinked and flickered in the sun.

From Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure by Gilson, Charles