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Telegraph Hill (other)
A telegraph hill is a hill or other natural elevation that is chosen as part of an optical telegraph system. Telegraph Hill may also refer to: England * A high point in the Haldon Hills, Devon * Telegraph Hill, Dorset, a hill in the Dorset Downs * A hill in the Chalk Downs of Hamphire * Telegraph Hill, Hertfordshire, a nature reserve * Telegraph Hill (ward), an electoral ward in Lewisham, London * Telegraph Hill, Barnet, in Childs Hill, a ward of the London Borough of Barnet * Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, a conservation area in London * Telegraph Hill in Claygate, a suburban village in Surrey * Telegraph Hill, Sussex, a hill of West Sussex United States * Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, a toponym and neighborhood in San Francisco, California * Telegraph Hill (Dukes County, Massachusetts), an elevation in Massachusetts * Telegraph Hill (Hull, Massachusetts), a historic site in Plymouth County * Telegraph Hill (Provincetown, Massachusetts), an elevation in Barnstable County * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph Hill
A telegraph hill is a hill or other natural elevation that is chosen as part of an optical telegraph system. Telegraph Hill may also refer to: England * A high point in the Haldon Hills, Devon * Telegraph Hill, Dorset, a hill in the Dorset Downs * A hill in the Chalk Downs of Hamphire * Telegraph Hill, Hertfordshire, a nature reserve * Telegraph Hill (ward), an electoral ward in Lewisham, London * Telegraph Hill, Barnet, in Childs Hill, a ward of the London Borough of Barnet * Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, a conservation area in London * Telegraph Hill in Claygate, a suburban village in Surrey * Telegraph Hill, Sussex, a hill of West Sussex United States * Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, a toponym and neighborhood in San Francisco, California * Telegraph Hill (Dukes County, Massachusetts), an elevation in Massachusetts * Telegraph Hill (Hull, Massachusetts), a historic site in Plymouth County * Telegraph Hill (Provincetown, Massachusetts), an elevation in Barnstable County * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telegraph Hill, Sussex
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not. Ancient signalling systems, although sometimes quite extensive and sophisticated as in China, were generally not capable of transmitting arbitrary text messages. Possible messages were fixed and predetermined and such systems are thus not true telegraphs. The earliest true telegraph put into widespread use was the optical telegraph of Claude Chappe, invented in the late 18th century. The system was used extensively in France, and European nations occupied by France, during the Napoleonic era. The electric telegraph started to replace the optical telegraph in the mid-19th century. It was first taken up in Britain in the form of the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, initially used mostly as an aid to railway signalling. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
