Excerpt from Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, Vol. 1 The programme laid down by the French Imperial Commission under the presidency of Prince Napoleon, charged with the preparation and management of the Exposition, made it an absolute condition for the admission of exhibitors from any country that the government of such country should first accept the invitation and assume the responsibility of forming the exhibition of its section; and in that event, suggested the appointment of some competent person to be intrusted with the general supervision of the business on its behalf, and to communicate with the Imperial Commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, Vol. 4 Morse code adapted to recognition by each of the four senses - Professor Steinheil's bell sounder - Bright's bell sounder - Morse's organ-pipe sounder-signa1 semaphores - Night signals by Madame Coston - Coston fire signals - Austrian field signal appa ratus - pp. 37-43. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.