24 hour optical telegraphy presented to the minister by a marine officer and used by the coast signalling services (1802)
Paris, France
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1801
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The telegraph was an important piece of technology for Napoléon I, as it allowed him to send information quickly from both land and sea during the War of the First Coalition. A huge network of telegraph lines was created during his reign.
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"24 hour optical telegraphy presented to the minister by a marine officer and used by the coast signalling services (1802)" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;32;en
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin
MWNF Working Number: FR 032
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