heliograph

Example Sentences

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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

He found the heliograph signal mirror at his side, sighted it upon the ship, and worked the mirror rapidly.

From Salvage in Space by Williamson, Jack

Lewis had put his question as to the strange habits of the common moth to Merritt with the deliberate intent of closing the debate on death by heliograph.

From The Terror A Mystery by Machen, Arthur

And the glass of water she lifted pierced like a heliograph into the room.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]