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How did operators in Chappe's semaphore system communicate between towers?

  • Telegraph

  • Telephone

  • Telescope

  • Carrier pigeons

Answer

Operators in Claude Chappe's semaphore system communicated between towers using telescopes. They would read the message from the previous tower's semaphore arms and then pass it on to the next tower by adjusting their own semaphore arms accordingly.
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