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Instructions for Signalling by Submarine Cable. 1902. (Manuscript)
1902 - 1902
MER/48
Letter, Lieutenant A. Hamilton to Captain Edwards, Mayfair, 29 October 1901, enclosing "Supplement to J. H. Steward's Catalogue, Part 8, of Military Instruments", which includes The Hamilton 'Signotutor'. (Manuscript)
1901-10-29 - 1901-10-29
MER/44
Letter, H. G. Sandeman to Buller, H.M.S. CAESAR, 20 May 1900, re. navy policy on assessing articles under trial. (Manuscript)
1900-05-20 - 1900-05-20
MER/41
Envelope containing miscellaneous documents and reports on signal matter. (Manuscript)
1880 - 1904
MER/28
Envelope containing various signal books, pamphlets, and letters. (Manuscript)
MER/25
General Signals (Manuscript)
MER/23
Scheme for the Improvement of the System of Night Signalling. (Manuscript)
MER/107
Correspondence and papers re. Disc Signalling, including 'Handbook on Signalling by Means of Discs, Invented by Lieut.-Colonel B. R. Dietz' (1908) and 'Memorandum for Signalers who are detailed to carry the Signalling Disc'. (Manuscript)
1908 - 1908
MER/71
Day signals with vocabulary up until 294. Also with night and fog signal vocabulary. (Manuscript)
MER/20
Letters, reports, and diagrams re. foreign methods of signalling. 1903-09. (Manuscript)
1903 - 1909
MER/52
Signal Book with vocabulary of 277 signals, Night, Fog, distant signals. (Manuscript)
MER/15
Letter, Percy Scott to Prince Louis, H.M.S. SCYLLA, Malta, 1 February 1899. (Manuscript)
1899-02-01 - 1899-02-01
MER/38
Correspondence between Captain Percy Scott and Lieutenant Allan Everett re. lamps. 1894-98. (Manuscript)
1894 - 1898
MER/34
Folder containing letters and documents relative to the system of signalling by means of 'shapes' in Destroyers. (Manuscript)
1903 - 1905
MER/50
Letters and reports re. Chatham Pattern Truck Semaphore. 1901-5. (Manuscript)
1901 - 1905
MER/47
Papers and letters containing proposals to revise Battle Tactic Signals. 1901. They were written and devised by Lieutenant Everett who was then Officer in Charge of the Signal School. (Manuscript)
1901 - 1901
MER/43
Untitled Signal Book. Covering Compass Signals; Instructions for Day Signals; Index to Day Signals; Day Signals; Sailing Instruction by Night; Night Signals; Sailing Instruction in a Fog; Fog Signals; Table to ascertain Distances; Order of Sailing. (Manuscript)
MER/9
Boats Signal Book, 1825, containing numeral groups with significations and other useful information for boats. Produced, apparently, only for use between H.M.Sloop BARRACOUTA and her boats. (Manuscript)
1825 - 1825
MER/6
Fleet Signal Book. Addenda 1907/8. (Manuscript)
1907 - 1908
MER/8
Dictionary of Signals. 1857. (Manuscript)
1857 - 1857
MER/7
Signal book for the Ships of War. 1783. Issued to H.M.S. CORMORAN by Command of the Admiral Rear Admiral John Millar. (Manuscript)
1783 - 1783
MER/2
Signals extracted from the General and Additional Sailing and Fighting Instructions by Day and by Night. 1782 (Manuscript)
1782 - 1782
MER/1
'Diagram Battle Signals' by Commander J. H. Brown. 1859. Contains 5 basic signals for use as Battle Signals. (Manuscript)
1859 - 1863
MER/27
Navy Flashing Signals (letters and photographs). 1891. Printed correspondence (1861-91) between Admiral Colomb and the Admiralty re. his invention of night flashing signals for the Fleet, particularly payment thereof (Manuscript)
1861 - 1891
MER/102
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