Artist: Francisco António Ciera
Date: 1807
Size: 5 x 54 cm
Museum: Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações (Lisbon, Portugal)
Technique: Wood
A model of a semaphore telegraph using paddles or shutters (miniature). The object has a wooden base painted to look like stone. On the base is a wooden structure painted black consisting of three rectangular sections, the middle one of which is higher than those at the sides. Each section comprises a “shutter” to which a rope is attached. The rope is used to move the shutter into different positions. This type of telegraph was developed by Francisco António Ciera for use in the telegraphic network of the Portuguese Royal Household. The system had a vocabulary of 60,000 words and phrases which, depending on the position of the shutters (vertical or horizontal), allowed diverse combinations of code to be transmitted.
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