tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post3974952354892517824..comments2023-11-16T19:55:44.387+11:00Comments on On Senlac Hill: Heliograph team, Egypt and Palestine c1915 - Eureka 15mm British in Sinai conversionAlan Lauderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01699195058021875140noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-39040319913266952592015-09-02T16:17:35.457+10:002015-09-02T16:17:35.457+10:00I posted a reply, but it seems to have disappeared...I posted a reply, but it seems to have disappeared.Flashes of Sunlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882917991008565873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-17921036337414102062015-09-01T22:00:46.184+10:002015-09-01T22:00:46.184+10:00Thanks - some excellent pictures there. What broug...Thanks - some excellent pictures there. What brought on you interest in this area? I find this early signalling fascinating. You make the point well about binoculars - will cease apologising for them! Cheers AlanOswaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216846942285637102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-91393220573912602912015-09-01T17:25:37.565+10:002015-09-01T17:25:37.565+10:00WWI - Egypt (SInai) - 1 heliograph, 1 binoculars, ...WWI - Egypt (SInai) - 1 heliograph, 1 binoculars, no telescope:<br />https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/B00931/Flashes of Sunlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882917991008565873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-56222815182460978272015-09-01T17:23:08.694+10:002015-09-01T17:23:08.694+10:00Another WWI Photo - Mesopotania, two heliographs, ...Another WWI Photo - Mesopotania, two heliographs, one binoculars:<br />https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00562.109/<br />{ By the way, I do agree that the helograph and telescope is more often depicted}Flashes of Sunlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882917991008565873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-31386596044685254622015-09-01T17:20:53.135+10:002015-09-01T17:20:53.135+10:00In this WWI Palestine photo of two heliographs, bi...In this WWI Palestine photo of two heliographs, binoculars are in evidence, but not telescopes:<br />https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/A02383/<br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/7161006790/sizes/o/<br />Flashes of Sunlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882917991008565873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-9712733489041370152015-09-01T17:06:14.804+10:002015-09-01T17:06:14.804+10:00This Boer War photograph shows both the telescope ...This Boer War photograph shows both the telescope and binoculars in use:<br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/richardlewisjones/2288333800Flashes of Sunlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882917991008565873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-59479934302069986702015-09-01T17:05:30.692+10:002015-09-01T17:05:30.692+10:00Another helio & Binoculars photo - Canada 1914...Another helio & Binoculars photo - Canada 1914:<br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/128520551@N04/18910785844Flashes of Sunlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882917991008565873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-44990936567320523992015-09-01T17:03:57.943+10:002015-09-01T17:03:57.943+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Flashes of Sunlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882917991008565873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-17961630064229093652015-09-01T16:52:47.877+10:002015-09-01T16:52:47.877+10:00> The crewman with the coincidence-type range f...> The crewman with the coincidence-type range finder is adapted to a signaller holding binoculars. Most heliograph pictures show the spotter using a telescope - in this case I use some poetic license for convenience.<br /><br />Binoculars are perfectly correct, too - in the closeup photo below of the main British heliograph station in Cairo in 1882, you can see 3 sets of binoculars, and no telescopes.<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/signalmirror/8442709349Flashes of Sunlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882917991008565873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073178280721599871.post-39626886428422218502015-08-31T04:22:54.099+10:002015-08-31T04:22:54.099+10:00Very nice modeling.Very nice modeling.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601444762722458674noreply@blogger.com