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A heliograph uses a mirror to reflect sunlight to a distant observer. By moving the mirror, flashes of light can be used to send Morse Code. The heliograph was a simple but highly effective instrument for instantaneous optical communication over 80km or more in the 19th century.
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What is the name of the signaling device using mirrors?
A heliograph is a device for sending messages or signaling by flashing the sun's rays from a mirror.
What signaling device was named after the sun god Helios?
The instrument is called a Heliograph. It reflects sunlight to a remote station and is used in signaling and surveying by reflecting and then blocking the sunlight to create flashes of light, a bit like morse code but without the sound. The communication itself is called a Heilogram. This device was used primarily by the military in the 19th and early 20th century. It was invented by Sir Henry Christopher Mance (1840-1926) of the British Army Signal Corps in 1869, and was first used in war. Amazingly, it can send messages over 100 miles.
Can smoke be a signaling device?
no it cannot
What does a heliograpgh measure?
A signalling device, sunlight is reflected in flashes from a movable mirror. Or it can be a telescopic apparatus for photographing the sun Or an instrument for recording the duration and intensity of sunshine
What is the nouns through nouns signaling device?
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A signaling device.
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A sound signaling device
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Fault.
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pager
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A Sound Signaling Device.
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That device is a telescope.
What two mirrors device use by sailors in a submarine?
The periscope, and I believe they have a lot more than 2 mirrors.
