Communications old and new / by Lt. Commdr. R.T. Gould, R.N. ; illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe, A.R.A., R.E., A.R.C.A.

Lieutenant Commander Rupert Thomas Gould

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/315

Author

Edition

1st Edition

Imprint

London: Published for Cable and Wireless Ltd. by the R.A. Publishing Co. Ltd., [1945]

Physical Description

54 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

General Note

Title page engraving and twenty-eight illustrations by C.F. Tunnicliffe.

Contents

Foreword -- The message of the tom-tom -- When runners bore the news -- Messages by fire -- The call of the horn -- Iron tongues -- Sending a heliogram -- Saying it with smoke -- The language of flags -- Messages in bottles -- By pigeon post -- Rocket news -- Shutter and semaphore -- The electric telegraph -- The ‘Great Easter' -- Wireless telegraphy -- Phot-telegraphy and television

Binding Note

Stiff card boards featuring a Tunnicliffe design.

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