Mance Type Mk V Heliograph

© Brooke Clarke 2011

	Signalling by heliograph, H.M.S. Goliath, Yokohama Harbor, Japan (1902?)
	Mk 3 Heliograph Photo and Heliograph ID by Richard Fowell

Wiki has a Heliograph page.  The first recorded use of a heliograph was in 405 BC, when the Ancient Greeks used polished shields to signal in battle.  These instruments were used for signaling at distances up to about 100 miles. 

Dead Media Archive @ NYU - Heliograph -

Carry Case
Mirror Assembly
Axillary Arm Used to support the secondary mirror and/or aiming target.
Secondary Mirror Used when the Sun is behind you.
Aiming Post
Tool
Spare Parts Bag Marked D. & M. 43
Spare Mirrors
Manual:  Signal Training. Volume III. Pamphlet No. 2. Heliograph, 5-inch, Mark V. 1922. This URL may or may not last: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bxca_am-Ldk6bTR5MVRmeXlScjZIQ19jWjloSTM0UQ (54 MB)

186427 Improvement in Apparatus for Signaling by menas of Reflected Light, Henry C. Mance, Kurrachee Bombay, Jan 23, 1877, 116/20

Fig 1 Front Elevation	Fig 2 Side Elevation Fig 4X Bed Tangent Worm Section	Fig 3 Tripod Plan Fig 4 Tripod Section Fig 5 Base Plate Plan Fig 6 Base Plate Section
Fig 7 Mirror Assembly Front Elevation Fig 12 False Bed (no tripod) Plan Fig 13 False Bed (no tripod) Section	Fig  8 Mirror Assembly Side Elevation Fig  9  Telescopic Connecting Rod Side Fig 10 Telescopic Connecting Rod Section Fig 11 Signting Rod
Signal Training. Volume III, Pamphlet No. 2. Heliograph, 5-inch, Mark V. 1922" Two Mirror Setup	Signal Training. Volume III, Pamphlet No. 2. Heliograph, 5-inch, Mark V. 1922"  Single Mirror Setup

444991 Signaling Apparatus, O. Morgan & J. Crowley, Jan 20 1891, 116/20 - huge on mountain top
456478 Signaling Apparatus, R.J. Crowley, July 21 1891, 116/20
527640 Heliograph Attachment, A.L. Wetherill, Oct 16 1894, 356/147; 116/20
617684 Heliograph, J.P. Friez, Jan 10 1899, 74/416; 116/20
797996 Apparatus for Signaling by Reflicting the Rays of the Sun or Other Light, J.F. Watson, Aug 22 1905, 116/20; 248/168
1196331 Heliograph or the like, J.A.F. Burman & P.W. Lyth, Aug 19 1916, 116/20
2395605 Light-Directing Device, L.L. Young, Feb 26 1946, 116/20; 356/251; 356/255 - hand held for use in life raft
3012478 Reflectors, C.T. Reyner, Dec 12 1961, 359/853; 116/20; 353/3 - rifle stock and rotating mirror disk

Not Heliograph Light Communications

235199 Apparatus for Signaling and Communicting, called Photophone, Alexander Graham Bell (American Bell Telephone Co), Dec 7 1880,
3290503 Light Communication System, C.W. Stanfenberg & D.H. Ward (Raytheon Co), Dec 6 1966, 398/135; 250/230; 250/239; 359/200.7; 359/225.1; 398/129 - Common Tx & Rx light path
4882772 Electro-0ptical Light Beam Signal Transmission System, B.A. Rist & A.L. Casanova (Telescript Ind), Nov 21 1989, 398/129; 250/239; 250/491.1 -

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Heliography by James Riddle - KD7AOI
YouTube: VMARS Heliograph Demonstration 2 ,
Emergency Rescue Equipment: The Signaling Mirror prepared by the OSS,