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
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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
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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
Lane confined himself to terse winkings that would have been gruff were it possible for a heliograph to be gruff.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman
It was the mirror of a heliograph flashing out across leagues of gray-green hills to the rocky pulpit of the Pigeonnier.
From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)