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The Clacks is a copy of an optical telegraph system that was used in Sweden https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Niclas_Edelcrantz https://en.m.wikipedia.or
by rfmoz 1y ago
The Clacks is a copy of an optical telegraph system that was used in Sweden
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Niclas_Edelcrantz https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Niclas_Edelcrantz
Also UK used a system close to that. And a lot of countries along Europe developed their networks with different signaling devices.
- rhet0rica 1y agoSorry; it's more likely they were named in tribute to the Chappe telegraph towers of France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappe_telegraph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappe_telegraph The stations were more elaborate and there is even a recorded instance of a secret signal being passed on illicitly: https://blog.franceinfo.fr/deja-vu/2017/10/10/le-piratage-du-systeme-chappe-ancetre-des-cyber-attaques-modernes.html https://blog.franceinfo.fr/deja-vu/2017/10/10/le-piratage-du...
- rfmoz 1y agoA good related book written by Gerard Holzmann and Bjorn Pehrson: The early history of data networks https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofda0000holz https://archive.org/details/earlyhistoryofda0000holz
- jihadjihad 1y agoIt makes for an interesting subplot in the (unabridged) version of The Count of Monte Cristo, which is mentioned in the Wikipedia article above.
- robocat 1y agoSorry, it's more likely he named them after the noise of navy signal lamps that use shutters: here's a video with the sound https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c2G0wu-jbko https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c2G0wu-jbko
- shakna 1y agoNo, it really was France, I'm afraid. https://terrypratchett.com/explore-discworld/the-modernisation-of-the-discworld/ https://terrypratchett.com/explore-discworld/the-modernisati...