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

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

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

From an old MS. it appears that as early as 1068 the heliograph was in common use, special towers, with mirrors properly arranged, being built for the purpose of signalling.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various