France Builds Visual Telegraph: Difference between revisions
From ETHW
(New page: '''This article is a stub. Please help expand the article by using the edit tab.''' In July 1794 Claude Chappe, assisted by two of his brothers, completed a telegraph line consisting of ...) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''This article is a stub. Please help expand the article by using the edit tab.''' | '''This article is a stub. Please help expand the article by using the edit tab.''' | ||
In July 1794 Claude Chappe, assisted by two of his brothers, completed a telegraph line consisting of fifteen stations between Paris and Lille. The first telegram on the 210 km Paris-Lille line was sent on 15 August 1794. It reported the recapture of Le Quesnoy. | In July 1794 Claude Chappe, assisted by two of his brothers, completed a telegraph line consisting of fifteen stations between Paris and Lille. The first telegram on the 210 km Paris-Lille line was sent on 15 August 1794. It reported the recapture of Le Quesnoy. | ||
[[Category:Communications]] [[Category:Telegraphy]] | |||
Revision as of 17:42, 16 December 2009
This article is a stub. Please help expand the article by using the edit tab.
In July 1794 Claude Chappe, assisted by two of his brothers, completed a telegraph line consisting of fifteen stations between Paris and Lille. The first telegram on the 210 km Paris-Lille line was sent on 15 August 1794. It reported the recapture of Le Quesnoy.
