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Definition of Semaphores
1. semaphore [v] - See also: semaphore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semaphores
Literary usage of Semaphores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanics' Magazine (1853)
"SIR,—Had my suggestions of half-mile semaphores, noticed in your publication of
the Hth of May last (or if more readily- worked swivel-signals) been adopted ..."
2. The Electric Railway by Alonzo Morris Buck (1915)
"When the blocks are necessarily short, it becomes more economical to mount the
two semaphores on a single mast, or to combine them in a single ..."
3. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"... which those of the old semaphores were not to be compared — contributed however
in no small degree to produce an opinion more favourable to the public ..."
4. Posts & Telegraphs, Past and Present: With an Account of the Telephone and by William Tegg (1878)
"... and four bales blazing beside each other, to say that they are coming in
earnest" semaphores. THE word is derived from sema, a sign, and phero, I bear. ..."
5. International Electrical Exhibition by Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia)., 1884 International Electrical Exhibition, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia) (1885)
"... air main along the track where the block signals are to be operated, the
compressed air furnishing the motive-power for the operation of the semaphores. ..."
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