CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805
CLAUDE CHAPPE French Engineer. Invented a telegraph system employing visual semaphore signals. With his brother, he erected signals between Paris and Lille
Picture No
10125674
Media ID
47349308
Size
2797px x 5048px
(2.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraved by H Thiriat (from a photograph) from La Nature. The statue stands in Paris on the Boulevard Saint-Germain
Date
1763 - 1805
