Light signals
Date
1802
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 209mm
width (print): 270mm
width (print): 270mm
Subject
Description
Chart of signals to be sent by lanterns, with an inset figure of a private signal box.
The author of the accompanying article states that: ‘Twenty-five lamps are placed in a frame at equal distances from each other, as represented by the white dots in fig.I No.1 (plate III) each having a movable cover, or blind…’.
Plate 3, illustrating the paper: ‘A few particulars respecting Mr. Boaz’s patent telegraph’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.12 (1802) pp.84-87.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.III. Vol. XII.’ Inscribed below right: ‘Lowry sculp’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
The author of the accompanying article states that: ‘Twenty-five lamps are placed in a frame at equal distances from each other, as represented by the white dots in fig.I No.1 (plate III) each having a movable cover, or blind…’.
Plate 3, illustrating the paper: ‘A few particulars respecting Mr. Boaz’s patent telegraph’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.12 (1802) pp.84-87.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.III. Vol. XII.’ Inscribed below right: ‘Lowry sculp’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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