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Signal Book with vocabulary of 277 signals, Night, Fog, distant signals. (Manuscript)
MER/15
"J. H. Steward's Supplemental List of Military Instruments". 1908. (Manuscript)
1908 - 1908
MER/70
Burbridge's Signalling System. 1907. (Manuscript)
1907 - 1907
MER/65
'Position Square Charts and their Use, with a Proposed New System for Reporting Rapidly and Accurately an Enemy, his Position, Course, and Speed'. 1907. (Manuscript)
1907 - 1907
MER/67
Remarks Regarding Captain Cuthbert Hunter's Proposed Emergency Signal Code. 1907. (Manuscript)
1907 - 1907
MER/62
Letter, to Captain Scott, H.M.S. MAJESTIC, 1 January 1900, 27 pages. (Manuscript)
1900-01-01 - 1900-01-01
MER/40
Reports of Robert Scott and Allan Everett on different types of thin-fibred electronic lamps for flashing. 1898-9. (Manuscript)
1898 - 1899
MER/36
Letter, Percy Scott to Prince Louis, H.M.S. SCYLLA, Malta, 1 February 1899. (Manuscript)
1899-02-01 - 1899-02-01
MER/38
Electric Mechanical Flashing Lantern by Captain Percy Scott. 1894-1900. Folder contains letters dated 1899 only. (Manuscript)
1899 - 1899
MER/37
Circuit diagram for lantern set-up. (Manuscript)
MER/121
Correspondence between Captain Percy Scott and Lieutenant Allan Everett re. lamps. 1894-98. (Manuscript)
1894 - 1898
MER/34
Log of Scott's Flashing Lantern. 16 August - 16 September. (Manuscript)
MER/118
Memo re. trial of Imperial Light. 1905. (Manuscript)
1905 - 1905
MER/111
Diagram of Imperial Automatic Light with explanation of mechanism. 1905. (Manuscript)
1905 - 1905
MER/113
Folder containing letters and documents relative to the system of signalling by means of 'shapes' in Destroyers. (Manuscript)
1903 - 1905
MER/50
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
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
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
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
Photograph of Lieutenant H. W. Eason, first Officer of the School of Signalling when it was in H.M.S. VICTORY. 1903. Also a photograph of Captain Thomas Wells and showing a Day and Night Telescope, and an envelope containing a homing pigeon message form. (Manuscript)
1903 - 1903
MER/49
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