heliograph

Example Sentences

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I heliographed to ascertain whether Colonel Thorneycroft had assumed command, and at the same time asked General Coke to give me his views on the situation on Spion Kop.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis

She was, when at a distance, a baffling mass of canvas, from which a square-sail occasionally heliographed.

From London River by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

At the same time Colonel Cooper, of the Royal Fusiliers, heliographed that the wall was unoccupied and the Tibetans in full retreat.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

Felix went out to the door and heliographed with his bright metal plate, turned on the Frenchman's hill, "What is it?"

From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant

As the big shells sped across the town to drop within the laager beyond, the enemy's signallers heliographed their direction to the emplacement of Big Ben.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus