Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 334
feetin the air and show a red light, and are used only incase of disaster atsea. They are compulsory by all governmentsexcept the United States. A fusee on or near the track, burning red,must not be passed. When burning yellow thetrain may proceed with caution when the way isseen and known to be… … THE INTERNATIONAL CODE. The colored lights are arranged in various combinations, so that eachletter of the alphabet has a separate combination, and, by a prearrangedcode, steamers can communicate with each other after the usual man-ner of code sentences. To communicate by code a preparatory signal…
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