85 Patevt Tdegraph. 



Every letter the Eliza's captain exhibits is taken down and 

 deciphered or tranfpofed by the private figna!-box of the other. 

 Thus, making a fnppofitlon that the arrangement of the 

 alphabetical charafters is as in the annexed reprefentation of 

 the fignal-hox ; if one exhibits the letters, dnmu — 71b — i?-pqr, 

 when tranfpofed they cxprcfs the words ne':us of peace ; the 

 letters fo exhibited being divided into words, by fig. 29, 

 No. I or 2, as above mentioned. 



Fig, 33, No. I or a, fignifi^s a contraftion of the conjunc- 

 tion and. 



Fig. 34, No. T or 2, an apoftraphe, neceffary in writing 

 French. 



Fig. '3,^, No, I or 2, as much as to fay, " T am in clif- 

 trefs," or " I did not undcrftand your laft fignal or fenteace, 

 I pray you fpeak again." 



Fig. 36, No. I or 2, a period. 



Fio;. 37, No. I or 2, a final Itop. 



Or both 36 and 37, No. i, may be given at once,fignifying 

 *' I have finiftod what I intended to fay, you have now an 

 opportunity to fpeak without confufing me." 



iiny two or more figns or characters can be exhibited at 

 once, thus increafing the number of appearances^ which m.ay 

 be ufed as diflerent fignals. 



Fig.38. afalutation when the vefTels part, q. d. "farewell." 



Figs. 39 to 48, Nos. I and 2, exhibit the numerical figures 

 neceflary to tell the latitudes, longitudes, &c. at fea. With 

 the nine-lamp Telegraph, however, the numerical figures are 

 more liable to be miftaken, and it might perhaps be as well 

 rather iofpcU the number wiihcd to be expreflcd. This lies 

 in the option of the fpcaker. 



Thefe are a few hints concerning this invention, which 

 may be applied to a great variety of purpofes. By ufing 

 lenies before, or reflectors behind each of the lamps, to in- 

 creafe the glare and render the light more vivid, they become 

 vifible even during the brightell fun-fliine, at a very great 

 dillance. 



At fca the Telegraph hangs on pivots, to yield to the 

 fwing of the veifel ; ib remains always perpendicular. For land 

 fervice this is unnecefiary, but in either cafe it may be turned 

 vound fo as to face in any dircClion. 



Thus a complete fyitcm of communication may be efia- 

 blilhied, — fimplc, cafy, and unfliackled ; — not liable to be mif-i 

 taken, l)ut legible by day or night to all ; — capable of being 

 the vehicle of ideas in any language, and fo quick, tliaf, if 

 neceflary, fixiy figns can be exhibited, and difiinclly read al a 

 great diitanct, in the fpace of one niinuic. 



This 



