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- noun Plural form of
heliograph . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
heliograph .
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Examples
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Signallers with heliographs were pushing forward upon them from all sides.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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And through the charred and desolated area—perhaps twenty square miles altogether—that encircled the Martian encampment on Horsell Common, through charred and ruined villages among the green trees, through the blackened and smoking arcades that had been but a day ago pine spinneys, crawled the devoted scouts with the heliographs that were presently to warn the gunners of the Martian approach.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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Horsell Common, through charred and ruined villages among the green trees, through the blackened and smoking arcades that had been but a day ago pine spinneys, crawled the devoted scouts with the heliographs that were presently to warn the gunners of the Martian approach.
The War of The Worlds by H. G. Wells: Part 3 | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2005
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And through the charred and desolated area — perhaps twenty square miles altogether — that encircled the Martian encampment on Horsell Common, through charred and ruined villages among the green trees, through the blackened and smoking arcades that had been but a day ago pine spinneys, crawled the devoted scouts with the heliographs that were presently to warn the gunners of the Martian approach.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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Signallers with heliographs were pushing forward upon them from all sides.
The War of the Worlds Herbert George 2006
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Winking heliographs were everywhere, not just on the rim wall.
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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Their whole empire must be linked by heliographs in the spill mountains.
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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Up top, heliographs chatted tower to tower and presumably with the city as well.
Shadow Games Cook, Glen 1989
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General Primrose heliographs that a letter from Ayub's camp brings information that the mother of the late Heir-Apparent, Abdulla
Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts
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General Primrose heliographs that Ayub Khan has entrenched his camp at Baba Wali.
Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts
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