biography
pronunciation:
[shap]
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| lived:
| (1763–1805)
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| biography:
| Engineer and inventor, born in Brulon, NW France. He was studying for a career in the Church, but his plans were altered with the French Revolution, and he decided instead to develop his interest in telegraphy. In 1793 he developed a hand-operated semaphore system, operating in towers built on high ground, equipped with two movable signal-arms, and telescopes. The system was soon copied throughout Europe. |
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