Ardois system
English
Proper noun
the
Ardois
system
(
historical
)
A
system
used by the US Navy in the late 19th century to enable
ship
-to-ship
communications
at
night
. Each installation used a series of eight double
lamps
(four red and four white) hung from a
mast
and used to transmit
visual
codes
.
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