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Fleet Signal Book. Addenda 1907/8. (Manuscript)
1907 - 1908
MER/8
Dictionary of Signals. 1857. (Manuscript)
1857 - 1857
MER/7
Signal book for the Ships of War. 1783. Issued to H.M.S. CORMORAN by Command of the Admiral Rear Admiral John Millar. (Manuscript)
1783 - 1783
MER/2
Signals extracted from the General and Additional Sailing and Fighting Instructions by Day and by Night. 1782 (Manuscript)
1782 - 1782
MER/1
Marking of Funnels of H.M. Ships. (Manuscript)
MER/99
Pencil diagram of lamp base with mathematical equations. (Manuscript)
MER/96
'Position Square Charts and their Use, with a Proposed New System for Reporting Rapidly and Accurately an Enemy, his Position, Course, and Speed'. 1907. (Manuscript)
1907 - 1907
MER/67
Diagram of Imperial Automatic Light with explanation of mechanism. 1905. (Manuscript)
1905 - 1905
MER/113
Papers and letters containing proposals to revise Battle Tactic Signals. 1901. They were written and devised by Lieutenant Everett who was then Officer in Charge of the Signal School. (Manuscript)
1901 - 1901
MER/43
'Diagram Battle Signals' by Commander J. H. Brown. 1859. Contains 5 basic signals for use as Battle Signals. (Manuscript)
1859 - 1863
MER/27
Navy Flashing Signals (letters and photographs). 1891. Printed correspondence (1861-91) between Admiral Colomb and the Admiralty re. his invention of night flashing signals for the Fleet, particularly payment thereof (Manuscript)
1861 - 1891
MER/102
Photograph of Lieutenant H. W. Eason, first Officer of the School of Signalling when it was in H.M.S. VICTORY. 1903. Also a photograph of Captain Thomas Wells and showing a Day and Night Telescope, and an envelope containing a homing pigeon message form. (Manuscript)
1903 - 1903
MER/49
Submarine Sound Signals. 1910 - 1912. (Manuscript)
1910 - 1912
MER/80
Annual Reports on Naval Pigeon Service 1897-1907; Part 3: 1903-07 only. (Manuscript)
1903 - 1907
MER/108
Hand drawn plate of a form of Semaphore, written on the back of the sheet are the words 'Jack Telegraph'. (Manuscript)
MER/94
Envelope containing cryptographic tables compiled by Sir Francis Beaufort and published by his son W. M. Beaufort (Manuscript)
MER/93
An edited publication of Organisation of wave lenghts. (Manuscript)
MER/92
Miscellaneous collection of small signalling books, including 'French Coast Signals given to me by Captain Wolfe of the H.M.S. AIGLE April 1807' and 'Signals and Instructions for Ships under Convoy of H.M.Sloop BLOSSOM Francis Beaufort Esqr Commander. (Manuscript)
0000 - 0000
MER/24
Secret Signals for Electric Telegraph. 1855. (Manuscript)
1855 - 1855
MER/26
Envelope marked Admiral Beaufort. Contains loose sheets boats signals vocabulary. (Manuscript)
MER/21
Foreign Pigeon Service Organisation. (Manuscript)
1896 - 1903
MER/109
Night Code of Flashing Signals. Instructions from Lieutenant Everett to Harrison & Sons, Printers to the Admiralty. (Manuscript)
MER/106
On Day Signals (Manuscript)
MER/101
Semaphores - electric & others. 1910. (Manuscript)
1910 - 1910
MER/79
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