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	CLAUDE CHAPPE - LoveToKnow Article on CLAUDE CHAPPE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The machine was adopted by the Legislative Assembly in 1792, and in the following year Chappe was appointed ingnieur-telegraphe; but the originality of his invention was so much questioned that he was seized with melancholia and (it is said) committed suicide at Paris in 1805.
		His elder brother, Ignace Urbain Jean Chappe (1760-1829), took part in the invention of the tAegraph, and with a younger brother, Pierre Francois, from 1805 to 1823 was administrator of the telegraphs, a post which was also held by two other brothers, Ren and Abraham, from 1823 to 1830.
		An uncle, Jean Chappe dAuteroche (17 281769), was an astronomer who observed two transits of Venus, one in.
	www.1911ency.org /C/CH/CHAPPE_CLAUDE.htm (260 words)

	ipedia.com: Semaphore (communication) Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Claude Chappe began development when he and his four brothers lost their livelihoods because of the French Revolution.
		The first Chappe semaphore line was established between Paris and Lille in 1792.
		By 1824, the Chappe brothers were promoting the semaphore lines for commercial use, especially to transmit the costs of commodities.
	www.ipedia.com /semaphore__communication_.html (847 words)

	Claude Chappe Summary @ Encyclopedia.LocalColorArt.com (Local Color Encyclopedia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Claude Chappe Summary @ Encyclopedia.LocalColorArt.com (Local Color Encyclopedia)
		Each arm had seven positions, and the cross-arm had four more permitting a 196-combination code.
		A fascinating French article on Chappe telegraphs, Les Télégraphes Chappe, l'Ecole Centrale de Lyon
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Claude_Chappe (430 words)

	1790s - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is considered to have effectively ended on November 9, 1799 when a successful coup d'état places Napoléon Bonaparte in control of France.
		French inventor Claude Chappe first demonstrates a practical semaphore system (1792).
		Use of the system will eventually expand to include the whole of France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1790s (137 words)

	CHAPPE, CLAUDE (1763–1... - Online Information article about CHAPPE, CLAUDE (1763–1...
		year Chappe was appointed ingenieur-telegraphe; but the originality of his invention was so much questioned that he was seized with See also:
		Ignace was the author of a Histoire de la telegraphie (1824).
		uncle, Jean Chappe d'Auteroche (1728–1769), was an astronomer who observed two transits of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAU_CHA/CHAPPE_CLAUDE_176318o5_.html (340 words)

	The Antique Collector History of the World
		Later, Thomas Turner, aided by John Rose and Edward Blakeway opened their own factory and brought the Coalport name to international prominence.
		The first semaphore telegraph, from Lille to Paris, 225km (140miles), France, was built by Claude Chappe.
		First Balloon crossing of the English Channel by J.P.Blanchard and J.Jeffries.
	www.antiquecollector.uk.com /historyoftheworld.htm (1459 words)

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