| 单词 | heliograph |
| 例句 | The pioneers of reproductive imagery in the 1830s called their pictures by many names — heliographs, calotypes, daguerreotypes — but the word that stuck was photograph: a “drawing with light.” 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Here they donned rubber boots for collecting forays at low tide, devoured great dishes of spaghetti and watched swordfish “jumping in the afternoon light, flashing like heliographs in the distance.” A $7-million dream: Steinbeck's vintage sardine boat makes its modern debut 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z I wondered what the heliographs would look like in ordinary daylight. Review: Blockbuster beauty and epic disaster intertwine in Julian Charrière's art 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z As the big shells sped across the town to drop within the laager beyond, the enemy's signallers heliographed their direction to the emplacement of Big Ben. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Far in rear, upon a hill-top, a heliograph blinked and flickered in the sun. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z In fact it seems to have acted as a pre-historic heliograph. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The heliograph, too, was invariably set up, by which messages in cases of emergency could be despatched. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Obsidian is a primordial ooze, its natural history connected to the heliographs and the projection. Review: Blockbuster beauty and epic disaster intertwine in Julian Charrière's art 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z To this shot the heliograph flashed a cordial expression of approval. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z A few minutes later, having ascertained the extent of the attack, our signallers opened communication with Higher Irlam, and the information was conveyed on to Barton, whence the heliograph flashed the news down to Stretford. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z Then a piece of mica, or a little pool, or even a highly polished leaf will flash like a heliograph. The Second Jungle Book 2011-09-10T02:00:30.870Z There was only a heliograph station that because of the cloudy weather was of no use to them. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z From the heights we had gained, operations were soon commenced both with heliograph and telescope. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Give to the corps a liberal supply of heliographs and instruct the men how to use them. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z A heliograph signal was flashed from the batteries, and then, without hesitation, the order was given to charge. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z We see from Sydenham constant messages being heliographed, for General Bamford and Lord Byfield are in hourly communication by wireless telegraphy or by other means. The Invasion 2011-05-20T02:00:29.260Z Then, you know, we could have carried on our little confab by flashes of the heliograph. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z Lewis had put his question as to the strange habits of the common moth to Merritt with the deliberate intent of closing the debate on death by heliograph. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z Far across the plains I saw a flashing light, as of a heliograph. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Skeat's case the Boers took, besides his heliograph, a pair of presentation field glasses, which he subsequently recovered in the successful raid of Christmas Eve in another part of the country. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z The fire-lookout at the Attean station winked this ditty humorously with playful heliograph to “Ladder” Lane, lookout on the high, bald poll of old Jerusalem Knob. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z And the glass of water she lifted pierced like a heliograph into the room. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z From an old MS. it appears that as early as 1068 the heliograph was in common use, special towers, with mirrors properly arranged, being built for the purpose of signalling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" The distant clouds still heliographed each other across the sky; their flashlights blinked on the surface of our pond from time to time. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z At the same time Colonel Cooper, of the Royal Fusiliers, heliographed that the wall was unoccupied and the Tibetans in full retreat. The Unveiling of Lhasa “He said you understood—Britt did,” clamored MacLeod, hastening around in front of the heliograph. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The heliograph has told us the whole story, and now we know that the Boers had entrenched the whole of the north bank of the river for miles on either side of Colenso. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Giraffe is a pretty good hand at heliograph work and all kinds of wigwagging, you know. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine They would not have been true Boy Scouts if they had not before now learned how to wigwag with flags, or lanterns, as well as use a looking-glass in the sun in heliograph telegraphy. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners If any old beaver sentinel be swimming about, he quickly scents the man-smell, upends and dives with a spanking blow of his trowel tail on the water, which heliographs danger to the whole community. The Story of the Trapper Lane, without bestowing a glance on the speaker, was setting up his heliograph tripod. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Right in front, although the sun is not yet risen, the east is already lighted with preparatory fires, and the huge accumulations of the trade-wind cloud glow with and heliograph the coming day. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) In half an hour from the time of leaving camp the signal-station was in the hands of the Americans, and the heliograph outfit lost to the enemy. The Boys of '98 "When you come to making dots and dashes in the Morse code, or what answers for the same with the heliograph, or a torch, or signal flags, I guess all languages are the same!" The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields “But how did he get it, I wonder?” asked the girl, taking the object and heliographing the bright sun’s rays from the polished surface. The Harbor of Doubt When I set up my heliograph he kicked it off the roof. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z He found the heliograph signal mirror at his side, sighted it upon the ship, and worked the mirror rapidly. Salvage in Space When circumstances permit, the heliograph is sometimes used. The Boys of '98 It is used for visual signalling by hand, flag, Ardois lights, torches, heliograph, lanterns, etc., and for sound signalling with buzzer, whistle, etc. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts It was the mirror of a heliograph flashing out across leagues of gray-green hills to the rocky pulpit of the Pigeonnier. The Maids of Paradise Lane confined himself to terse winkings that would have been gruff were it possible for a heliograph to be gruff. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The only heliograph with the column had vanished in the stampede, and Carleton, encircled by musketry, knew that he was as powerless to obey the order as to acknowledge it. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government The heliograph would be useless in stormy weather or in fog. El Diablo In the present day telephones, heliographs, gramophones, bicycles, motor-cars, guns, fireworks, and the latest inventions of all kinds find their way into Morocco. In the Tail of the Peacock He had also been corroborated by a man who had seen the man who took it down from the heliograph. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition Now, in the Army signaling work, one branch has to do with heliographing; that is, flashing a message by means of reflected rays of the sun's light. Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands Moving further to the east, Milton observed, in the plains beyond the distant end of the valley, the two squadrons under Colonel Gough, but failed in an attempt to attract their attention by heliograph. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government They had no telegraph, no heliograph, no arsenal. The Vanishing Race Stelton thought for a moment that there must have been an outbreak from the near-by Wind River or Shoshone Reservation, and that the Indians were heliographing to one another. The Free Range Behind lay the roofs of Elktail, some of them tin-covered and flashing like a heliograph; in front a desolate wilderness where the gray-white of frost-bleached grasses was streaked by the incandescent brightness of sloppy snow. Lorimer of the Northwest By-and-by they began to understand his heliographing, and, when they did that, they began to swear by him, not at him. Northern Lights Flag-waving and heliograph would have "given the show away" with the utmost certainty. Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force I’ve been imagining that it’s a heliograph from an enemy encampment. The Mystery of the Green Ray They also were prepared to use, when there was a bright sun, which was not the case that day, the heliograph system, which sends messages for great distances. The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods Communication with Ladysmith by heliograph was soon successfully established, much to the consternation of the Boers at Colenso, who tried their best to interfere with messages. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 That the Boers were watching the retreat was proved by one of their heliographs trying to 'pick up' the column. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland News was heliographed into Wad Hamid headquarters before we left that the gunboats had seized Royan Island and established a post there, the natives not disputing possession. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The detective said they have had Brackenfield under observation lately, for they suspected that somebody was heliographing messages with a mirror to the German camp. A Patriotic Schoolgirl The Hussars left behind a Colt-Maxim and a heliograph for our usage. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War Efforts to signal to Ladysmith by heliograph still continued to fail, at least to reach those for whom the display was intended, though the Boer heliograph graciously acknowledged the communication. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 During the night a mysterious heliograph was seen twinkling and blinking away on the left flank. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Surgham was used for heliograph and flag signalling on the 1st, the previous day, and is the last of the detached hills or ranges lying near the river on the north towards Omdurman. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The marines get aviation, search-light, wireless, telegraphic, heliograph, and other signal drill. The U-boat hunters I had a heliograph post near the left-hand position, one near the centre and the one belonging to my staff on our extreme right. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War A waiter, seeing the sun flash on the circle of crystal, hurried over, firmly believing he had been heliographed. The Lure of the Mask There was a flutter at the gate, and a pretty girl heliographed with her eyes that the parties of the other part were in sight. A Master Of Craft Instantly, the ship shone like the polished mirror of a heliograph. Islands of Space He heliographed down at 2 P.M. that unless the enemy's guns could be silenced the men could not hold the place under another day's shelling. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 The officer who perceived this, reported to me by heliograph, asking for instructions. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War The wireless at Bray Park; the central station near Willesden, whence the reports were heliographed—it was an amazingly complete chain. Facing the German foe, by Colonel James Fiske Also, if you are in the artillery, you clean your harness and polish up the steel-work thereon till it twinkles like a heliograph in the sun. With Our Army in Palestine The marines get aviation, searchlight, wireless telegraph, heliograph, and other drill. Winning a Cause World War Stories "Sir Redvers Buller," writes a correspondent within, "has sent a heliograph message bidding us wait in patience for another month until siege artillery can reach him." Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 These lookouts now have telephones, but until last summer they used the heliograph instead. Tenting To-night A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade Mountains Don't you remember that we watched them heliographing some messages, and put down the Morse signs? Facing the German foe, by Colonel James Fiske Of course the kerosene tins had been almost as useful as a heliograph, and who would dream of looking for such a thing at the top of tree? With Our Army in Palestine But, knowing that the descent would be more difficult than the climb, he had torn into strips the stout tablecloth which had wrapped his heliographing apparatus. The Golden Silence Every stone within view dances and shakes like a heliograph; you can see—yes, actually see—the heat flow breast high across the desert swift as this stream here, only pellucid. The Four Feathers Taking the sunbeam for its pencil, it heliographs man's own image, and the scenery of the earth and the heavens. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Scheepers—whose name later in the war was on every man's lips for his exploits in Cape Colony, but who then was only the head of our heliograph corps. Three Years' War There remained still the case of the old man in whose house we had discovered the heliograph and the pigeons. S.O.S. Stand to! Sabine told me there'd been a tremendous storm in the south just before we left Algiers, and the heliograph tower at Toudja was struck by lightning. The Golden Silence As large a flag as possible will be displayed on the skyline of the heights near by, and attempts to heliograph with a looking-glass will be made. South with Scott A platoon lay flat on their stomachs in the long grass, the burnished nails on the soles of their boots twinkling in the sun like miniature heliographs. Leaves from a Field Note-Book If we went to the left we could only advance 2,000 paces before being visible to the English on the kop close to Hopetown, from where they could make known our movements by heliograph. Three Years' War The disadvantage of the heliograph is the undependability of the sun. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization I've been searching about for a mirror and reflector, in case I try the experiment; for the heliographing apparatus was spoilt in the general wreckage of things by the storm. The Golden Silence The heliograph is no good, and the telegraph is still under the consideration of some engineer man. The Half-Hearted The glint of the sun heliographed danger from the rifle barrels of two men just topping the brow of the hill. The Sheriff's Son The matter was immediately reported by heliograph to Sir Robert Low, and orders as promptly sent for the Guides to retire on the bridge-head. The Story of the Guides Of course, the most primitive light-signals were wood fires, but it is likely that man early utilized the mirror to reflect the sun's image and thus laid the foundation of the modern heliograph. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization This morning the General offered the use of the heliograph to all correspondents in rotation by ballot. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The heliograph, worked by Captain Stratton, of the 22nd Foot, had been of the greatest use during the day, and kept me fully informed of all details. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief General Buller heliographs that he is still going strong, but the country is difficult and progress slow. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith He therefore used the heliograph, and with it flashed the news to the Spanish stations on the Canto River, asking that reinforcements be sent him. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 47, September 30, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The Boers were seen trekking north all day; and in the evening Buller's heliographs were seen flashing from Monte Christo, and two guns on the same hill firing at the Boers. The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 I went up this morning andPg 25 stood on Signal Hill where the heliograph was working yesterday, just above the camp. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege I heliographed to Macpherson to inquire the direction in which the enemy were moving, and whether their numbers were still increasing. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief We need no heliograph signal to tell us the meaning of all this. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith The heliograph is an instrument for signalling by means of flashes of light reflected from mirrors. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 41, August 19, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls With the exception of Buller's heliograph and balloon this was the first occasion that the relieving army was seen from Ladysmith. The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 There was no heliograph to cheer us up, and hardly a sound of distant guns. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The heliograph was set up on the ledge at the top of the cliff. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island For me the strain is tightened by news heliographed this morning that another son has come round from Bulawayo and joined the relieving force as a lieutenant of Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith From Vaalkrantz he heliographed to White that the enemy was too strong for him, and that the "Bulwana big gun is here"; and could White suggest anything better than an advance by way of Hlangwhane? A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans She would like to have sent Jack a heliograph message, but she did not dare with the professor prowling around hunting dry limbs and bark. The Lookout Man The heliograph below refused to take or send messages, and we had no definite news. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege This led to our building a double mirrored heliograph the following summer. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island The special correspondents were summoned in haste this morning to hear an abridged version of the heliograph message read. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith Again and again the boom of his guns growing clearer and clearer and his heliographs sparkling more distinctly deluded the defenders with the hope that the day of their deliverance was at hand. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans With his mirror he heliographed a signal to Marion, and when she came he said he must have more cigarettes, because he might smoke harder when he was really settled down to roughing it. The Lookout Man The heliograph brought a message of thanks from Lord Roberts for our "heroic, splendid defence." Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The screen, or shutter, of the heliograph was mounted on a separate tripod, so as to prevent shaking the mirror when it was operated. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island From far-off Umkolumbu Mountain heliograph signals were flashed to us occasionally, but in cipher, the meaning of which is known only at headquarters. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith The Spaniards tried to get help from the main army by signalling with the heliograph. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls They worked out a heliograph code that day, and they planned an exploring trip to Taylor Rock the next time Jack was relieved. The Lookout Man ThePg 262 heliograph briefly told the story; the central hill captured by the British on Wednesday afternoon, recaptured at night by the Boers, and held by them ever since. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Scarcely had our heliograph glittered for a moment in the sun when back from the hill came a long flash of light. With Steyn and De Wet She was, when at a distance, a baffling mass of canvas, from which a square-sail occasionally heliographed. London River The Cubans, however, prevented the heliograph from being used, and hoped that they had the Spaniards cut off from their friends. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls We also took on the mountain a heliograph that the enemy had broken. On Commando On a low black hill beyond its banks I could see the British heliograph flashing. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege We were trekking along quietly one day when I observed a heliograph glitter on a hill about ten miles away. With Steyn and De Wet For several minutes he thus manipulated his impromptu heliograph. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest About noon there arrived an unofficial message by heliograph, which the young officer at the signal station confided to his friends. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria From the cliff far above friends of his had been wont to heliograph signals during the late Washington County War. A Man Four-Square It was again a bad day for the heliograph, and the Boers have purposely kindled a veldt fire across the line of light. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege He burnished his metal matchbox to the very highest polish it was capable of taking, and then heliographed by means of sun-flashes on the Morse code. The Great Taboo At night searchlights are often used by waving the beam from the right to the left, thus forming an electric wigwag, or by flash like the heliograph. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" He accordingly sent a message by heliograph into Ladysmith to say that he had beaten the enemy thoroughly, and was sending on his cavalry to reconnoitre. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria As his eyes turned, a flash of moonlight struck them full, like the heliographing of a mirror. The Rules of the Game At last a cipher message began to come through on the heliograph. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege It was this that made them have recourse to the device of the heliograph. The Great Taboo I just acted the dummy, wiggled my fingers, and handed him the joyful gaze, heliographing with my teeth as though I was glad to see visitors. Pardners Suddenly three wheeled things appeared on the crest, and within a second a bright flash of light—like a heliograph, but much yellower—opened and shut ten or twelve times. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria These seem to be the forerunners of the heliograph. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Again the sky was clouded, and except during an hour's sunshine in the afternoon no heliograph could work. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege And if ever she hove in sight, might they not hope, after all, to signal to her with their rudely constructed heliograph, and stop her? The Great Taboo Captain Clive was in communication by heliograph with Lashio, at the end of the railroad, and received a r�sum� of world news two or three times a week. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Communication has been established between points 125 miles distant by means of a heliograph with a reflecting surface of but twenty square inches. Government and Administration of the United States But the heliograph using the dot-and-dash system of the Morse code can be used to transmit any message whatever. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty From the top of Observation Hill I again watched the Dutch in their clustered camps, fourteen miles away across the great plain, whilst our heliograph flashed to us from the dark hill beyond them. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The flashes came like the flicking of heliographs signalling messages by a Morse code of death. The Soul of the War Although Captain Clive was perfectly satisfied with our passports and credentials he could not let us proceed until he had communicated with the Indian government by heliograph. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The tinsel too, is readily distinguishable, particularly in bright weather, for the glittering surface, catching the sun-light, acts some what in the manner of a heliograph. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War The ancients had evolved systems by which any word could be spelled, but they did not seem to be able to apply them practically to their primitive heliographs. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty A cool and cloudy sky made the heliograph useless, but in the night the clouds had served to reflect the brilliance of Buller's searchlight. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege They had come there in the following manner: That morning we had been heliographed to reinforce the C.M.R., only to find that the enemy had the range to a nicety when we reached the spot. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman I told him it was the heliograph signalling--that it was the sign of human help and effort in the sky. The War of the Worlds In his work as engineer he had had occasion to study up Morse in heliographing. The Cruise of the Dry Dock The heliograph, which established communication by means of short and long light-flashes, is another important means of signaling to which the Morse code has been applied. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty In the morning Steevens, of the Daily Mail, was so much worse that we sent off a warning message to Mrs. Steevens by heliograph. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Signalling by heliograph was throughout the operations of the greatest value. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War One of the men there, a reservist he said he was, told my brother he had seen the heliograph flickering in the west. The War of the Worlds "Have you tried the heliograph a second time this morning?" he asked without looking round, which informality of manner warmed the little soldier's heart. From One Generation to Another The British army has made wide use of the heliograph in India and Africa. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Rain fell, and though the air afterwards was strangely clear, the heliograph could not be used till the afternoon. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege In this torrid country, where the sun is always shining, the heliograph is always useful. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War Signallers with heliographs were pushing forward upon them from all sides. The War of the Worlds It was not until the morning of the 12th that Baker was informed by heliograph from Sherpur of the occurrences of the previous day, and received directions to return to the cantonment without delay. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 Our plains Indians used columns of smoke, or fires, and are the actual inventors of the heliograph, now so called, though formerly meaning the making of a picture by the aid of the sun—photography. Steam, Steel and Electricity The day was cool and cloudy; fair shelling weather, but bad for heliographs. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege To heliograph, it was necessary that the operator should be exposed to a terrible fire. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War And Love had made him very sage, as Nature made her fair; So Cupid and Apollo linked, per heliograph, the pair. Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads This was on the 18th October; on the following day Gough heliographed his arrival at Kushi, whereupon Money took the offensive with vigour and scattered to the winds his Ghilzai assailants. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 It will be used on radio systems, submarine cables using siphon recorders, and with the heliograph, flash-lantern, and all visual signaling apparatus using the wigwag. Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training Nearly all day the heliograph was flashing to us from that far-off hill. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Looking for sign of "Laughing Lass", noticed something heliographing to me from the waves beyond the reef. The Mystery Dru recognized the threatened danger and sent heliograph messages to his right and left wings to begin their attack, though it was now only eleven o’clock. Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 As the midday gun was fired in the cantonment the flash of the heliograph from the peak told that the Takht-i-Shah was won. The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 This place was surrounded by the Zulus, and another British force tried to get into signalling communication with it by means of the heliograph, which at that time was quite a new invention. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns The heat was intense, but the sun so splendid that I have hopesPg 167 my heliograph message got through at last. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The railroad introduced the semaphore as a signal, and field tactics the heliograph or reflecting mirror which, however, is only of service when there is a strong sunlight. Marvels of Modern Science A first-class heliograph is visible for a very long way, if the conditions are right. The Boy Scout Aviators Day and night the look-outs kept watch, and the wigwag men and the heliograph men were busy, and the wireless buzzed its warnings of the movements of the underwater foe. Jimmie Higgins Signalling, for example, whether by heliograph or by flag-waving, would have made an immense difference in the Napoleonic campaigns. Through the Magic Door One would think that most people in these educational days knew the Greek word helios,—and one would also imagine it as easy to say Heliobas as heliograph. Ardath Del Mar's emissaries had not reckoned, however, that any one else might be about to whom the heliograph was an open book. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" The wireless at Bray Park, the central station near Willesden, whence the reports were heliographed — it was an amazingly complete chain. The Boy Scout Aviators Then the heliograph in the zeriba began to talk in flashes of light that opened and shut capriciously. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Lieutenant Magill took possession of the heliograph outfit without the loss or injury of a man. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom How many times had this light in the sky flashed the same grave pledge in the mystic code of the heliograph, "We are gaining ground—we will reach you soon." The Judgment House As he sat there, his eye caught the flash of the heliograph signal. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" Don't you remember what we watched them heliographing some messages, and put down the Morse signs? The Boy Scout Aviators Colonel Martin had meanwhile heliographed back to the Sirdar that all the ground was up to this point clear, and that there were no Dervishes to be seen. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan They had advanced but a short distance when they came to a heliograph station guarded by a company of Spaniards. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom The action must wait, while the heliograph flashed its call for help. On the Firing Line To his surprise, however, he caught a flash of the heliograph from the land. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" Even the top of Roebuck's head is polished: on a sunshiny day he could heliograph his orders to distant camps by merely nodding. Man and Superman The signalling officer was set to heliograph back to the Sirdar that the ridge was unoccupied and that several thousand Dervishes could be seen flying into Omdurman. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Light signals, rockets, heliographing, were of small avail through the dust—and smoke-clouds. Now It Can Be Told The play of the lightning was incessant, and with every flash the little lakes shot back their white reflection, and distant farm window-panes seemed heliographing to each other through the night. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day Something deep in those dark clear pupils, out of that lean adventurous face, gleamed back at him, the distant flash of a heliograph, as it were, height to height, flashing 'Courage!' The Return An attempt was made to convert a polished biscuit tin into a heliograph, but with poor success. The Great Boer War From its uncomfortable eminence the commanding general watches the developments of his attack, and directs it by heliograph and ragged bits of bunting. Notes of a War Correspondent The glitter of those bursting shells stabbed through the smoke of their explosion with little, twinkling flashes, like the sparkle of innumerable mirrors heliographing messages of death. Now It Can Be Told Mrs. Fischer-Suympkins was the heliograph of the smart society parading corps. Sixes and Sevens And Love had made him very sage, as Nature made her fair; So Cupid and Apollo linked , per heliograph, the pair. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition They had brought a heliograph with them, but it was on the back of one of those accursed mules. The Great Boer War Then a piece of mica, or a little pool, or even a highly-polished leaf will flash like a heliograph. The Second Jungle Book You remember, don't you, the heliograph incident—I needn't quote it. The Pool in the Desert The burghers in the valley below could see all day the twinkle of British heliographs from every hill, while at night the constant flash of signals told of the sleepless vigilance which hemmed them in. The Great Boer War Far on the flanks the twinkling heliographs revealed the position of the wide-spread wings. The Great Boer War |
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