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[[File:Claude Chappe.jpg|thumb|Claude Chappe.]]'''Claude Chappe''' (December 25, 1763 – January 23, 1805) was a French inventor who in 1792 demonstrated a practical [[Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|semaphore system]] that eventually spanned all of France. This was the first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age, making Chappe the first telecom mogul with his "mechanical internet."

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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Mathematics]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)]]

External links:

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chappe Claude Chappe] @ Wikipedia

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