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Cheers

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Semaphore communications system has played vital role in the expeditions of early explorers, such as James Clark Ross and Felix Booth. Semaphore, which was made from a wood frame with five shutters, was used in expeditions mainly to relay signals on distant places.

Author: Burke, James
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
Equipment and supplies, Signaling, Aids to navigation, Navigation aids, Signaling (Telecommunications)

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A bit of a flutter

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Some seemingly unrelated events can actually turn out to be the opposite. For example, developments in linguistics can somehow be traced back to George Bernard Shaw's play, 'Pygmalion.'

Author: Burke, James
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
Column, History, Chaos theory, Chaotic systems, Chaotic behaviour in systems

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