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Time machines: telegraphic images in nineteenth-century France

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    Telegraphic images in nineteenth-century France

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"Time Machines examines the relationship between art and technology in the decades following the French Revolution, focusing on optical telegraphy, a novel form of visual communication developed in the 1790s that remained in use until the mid-1850s"-- Provided by publisher.

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The compass of time -- Revolutionary horizons -- Lines in sand -- Paris in code -- When I was a telegrapher -- The machine stops.

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    Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, [2024]

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    1800-1899

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    • 026204918X
    • 9780262049184

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