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Heliograph crew, 1900 (c)

Photograph, Boer War (1899-1902), 1900 (c).

Heliographs used a small mirror mounted on a tripod to reflect sunlight in order to flash messages in Morse code. In clear weather conditions and on open terrain their signals could be seen many miles away.

From album of 160 photographs compiled by Private William Joseph North, Royal Army Medical Corps.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-04-28-105

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-04-28-105