A treatise explanatory of a new system of naval, military and political telegraphic communication of general application : in which a comprehensive numerical dictionary, calculated to espress, in the most east, and most obvious manner ... is applied under a copious illustration, to different descriptions of terrestrial and nocturnal telegraphs on new and simple principles, in order to mature, and render general a science, hitherto in its infancy / by John Macdonald, Esq. F.R.S. F.A.S. late Lieutenant-Colonel and engineer, translator of The French tactics; author of a Treatise on telegraphic communication and of several other works.
Alternate Title(s):
Naval, military and political dictionary
Published / Created:
London : Printed by C. Roworth, Bell Yard, Temple Bar, 1817.
Physical Description:
[10], 77, [78]-[841] p., XIX [i.e.33] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Copyright Not Evaluated
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Books
Notes:
Title continued: All the simple, compound, and potential inflections of the verb;-Phrases of common recurrence, for a ready formation of sentences;-the infinitive mood, in addition to the common mutations of the verb;-the singulars and plurals of substantives;-the comparison of adjectives;-Naval and military sentences of service;-2970 combinations of the letters, by twos, threes, and fours, to carry on occasional and unavoidable spelling, where proper names occur in sentences;-a mode of expressing any of these, by a single telegraphic movement, by sea, or land;-Military field movements;-Numbers occuring in sentences;-the names of ships of war, and of others;-the quarter-points of the mariner's compass, by east and west, round to north;-proper names of persons;-the days of the year;-specimens of various telegraphic communications;-proper names in a gazetter of the most remarkable places;-titles of honor;-instances of commercial intercourse;-with other expedients for facilitating communcation, and for the purpose of avoiding L-e-t-t-e-r-i-n-g.
Subject Terms:
Signals and signaling -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Aids to navigation -- Great Britain. | Communications, Military. | Roworth, C. -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1817. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1817.