Perhaps from his other writings or I misremembered a bit but present in parts in "Economy of Machinery and Manufactures", Babbage 1832, (1846 edition) ..."In o

Perhaps from his other writings or I misremembered a bit but present in parts in "Economy of Machinery and Manufactures", Babbage 1832, (1846 edition) ..."In order to convey the cylinder which contains the letters, it would only be necessary to attach it by a string, or by a catch, to either of the branches of the endless wire. Thus it would be con- veyed speedily to the next station, where it would be removed by the attendant to the commencement of the next wire, and so forwarded."..."Perhaps if the steeples of churches, properly selected, were made use of, connecting them by a few intermediate stations with some great central building, as, for instance, with the top of St. Paul's"..."it might be possible to diminish the expense of the two-penny post, and make deliveries every half hour over the greater part of the metropolis." On National Speaking tubes: ..."Admitting it to be possible between London and Liverpool, about seventeen minutes would elapse before the words spoken at one end would reach the other extremity of the pipe." On semaphore & telegraph: "At Liverpool a system of signals is established for the purposes of commerce, so that each merchant can communicate with his own vessel long before she arrives in the port." https://archive.org/details/oneconomyofmachi00babbrich https://archive.org/details/oneconomyofmachi00babbrich