[Cover title:] The Semaphore Alphabet Made Easy.

Hardinge (Capt. H.R. von D.)

[Cover title:] The Semaphore Alphabet Made Easy.

Specially compiled for the use of all wishing to rapidly acquire a working knowledge of this most useful method of Signalling, without any unnecessary technicalities.

Description: large folding chart printed in blue, some light creasing along central fold, upper panel of verso with advertisement for 'St. George Semaphore Signalling Instructor' machine laid down, foolscap 8vo (68.5 x 48 cm unfolded), original red wrappers printed in blue, illustration laid down to front, a little nicked and creased at extremities, good

Publication Details: Forster Groom, 1907

Notes: A 'revised edition', though LibraryHub does not record an earlier one - it is institutionally scarce in any form.The author asserts that the present method is 'twice as rapid as the Morse system'; his chart illustrates 'the alphabet, numerals, and special signs' in semaphore - as produced via mechanical means at the head and then the corresponding manual positions in the main section of the chart.Henry Reginald von Donop Hardinge (1878-1956), an officer of the 4th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, India was from a distinguished military family; the inside cover advertises other of his guides t...moreA 'revised edition', though LibraryHub does not record an earlier one - it is institutionally scarce in any form.The author asserts that the present method is 'twice as rapid as the Morse system'; his chart illustrates 'the alphabet, numerals, and special signs' in semaphore - as produced via mechanical means at the head and then the corresponding manual positions in the main section of the chart.Henry Reginald von Donop Hardinge (1878-1956), an officer of the 4th Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent, India was from a distinguished military family; the inside cover advertises other of his guides to signalling. HIDE

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Price: £700

Subject: Sciences

Published Date: 1907

Stock Number: 74980

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