History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 707
F. Coston, a gunner in the navy, superseded tlio old-time lan-tern night sig-nals, and in 18G1llieir use was ex-tended to the Unit-ed States armytransports. Aboutthe same time, anew system of tel-egraphic signalwas devised by]\Iajor Albert J.Myers,^ using butone flag by day,and a torch or lan-tern… … NUMERAL4MEAL U CHURCH signals, and certain rules and regulations tending to prevent collisionsat sea. Agreeably to an act passed March 3, 1857, another set of rulesand regulations was prepared by a board of officers, and submitted toCongress by Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy, with his…
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