Early telecommunications
An Aldis lamp in operation
Aldis lamp & Very pistol
Bell's speech before the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston on August 27, 1880, presenting the photophone. Very clear description. Published as "On the Production and Reproduction of Sound by Light" in th
Alexander Graham BELL, Ph.D., "On the Production and Reproduction..."
Photos of carrier pigeons members highlight carrier carrier
The Pigeon Cote Presents the Carrier
The Talking Drums of Africa
Talking Drum from Instrument Encyclopedia, including a sound sample chico instrument pages
Instrument Encyclopedia
Message Drums . Connexions
Message Drums
Yet more semaphore flags semaphore
Semaphore Flag Signalling System
The System of Military Dovecotes in Europe from an 1891 Scientific American article at Project Gutenberg
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Scientific American
Supplement, September 12, 1891
Acquiring white homing pigeons hometown
Acquiring White Homing Pigeons or Homers - American White Dove Release Association - AWDRA
The three most important things that every pigeon fancier should know home info
info.html
Pigeonbasics.com - Pigeon Racing the Basics! - Information on Pigeon Racing, and how to get involved.
Pigeonbasics.com - Pigeon Racing the Basics!
Image of a homing pigeon (Note the straight slope from the top of the head to the beak, and the prominent band around the nostrils. This photograph also shows a message tube and a small sheet of very thin paper near the bird's feet.)
RADIOING.com -- Emergency Ham Radio Station (homing pigeon)
An informative magazine article written in the 1880s members articles homing homing
Signalman manual content aviation
Figure 5-2.�Numeral pennants; special flags and pennants
''La flag-alfabeto'' - signal flags used for the Esperanto language.
La flaga alfabeto
Flags Fantastic - Nautical flags (A - Z & Pennant) html nautical
Flags Fantastic - Nautical Flags
The flags and their meanings flags signal meaning
Meanings of International Maritime Signal Flags
"The Story Of The Pony Express" from the National Postal Museum resources
National Postal Museum
A good reference site...
Pony Express Home Station
St. Joseph Museum Inc., Pony Express History history
The History
telegraph chain to Faversham from the Admiralty
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Albert Myer's 1864 ''A Manual of Signals: For The Use Of Signal Officers In The Field''
A Manual of Signals: For The Use Of Signal Officers In The Field
Skin Diving Flags (pictures and laws of use)
Dive Flag Laws
Automobile Racing Flags (picture and meaning of each flag)
Motor Racing Flags
U. S. Storm Signal Flags (pictures and description)
Storm Signal flags (U.S.)
World War I and II Royal Navy Flags (historical; shows the meaning of each flag)
RN Signal Flags
Maritime Signal Flags (a brief illustrated history of maritime flags)
Signal Flags
U. S. Navy Flags (shows the meaning of each flag)
U.S. Navy Signal Flags
International Maritime Signal Flags (shows the meaning of each flag, and two-letter meanings)
Nautical Know How - Nautical Flags
International Maritime Signal Flags (sometimes confused with semaphore flags; shows alphabetic/numeric maritime flags)
International Marine Signal Flags
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