| Show JUST HUMAN S pene carr F Y 4 U r I 1 N 7 L M cc 45 4 5 pr GO ON GIVE HIM A licki I 1 CANT STAY HERE ALL how it started by JEAN NEWTON I 1 SIGNALING WITH FLAGS FLAG alag language or the system of 1 marine signaling IQ I 1 something that most of us have witnessed if we have not had the opportunity to see this in operation nt at first hand we hove have seen in the monies the blue jackets of one ship conversing with a 0 vessel perhaps half a mile away by bt means of flags which they waved la in the air according to a certain code the code in use Is universal so a vessel using a signal book printed in english can communicate with a vessel using a signal book boob printed in italian or the language of any other maritime nation it Is of at british origin and dates from 1850 the use of flags as signals however Is of ancient origin the venetians a are TO known to have made wide use of them in this way and there is evidence that simple signals of this kind were employed in still earlier times it was not until 1850 however that great rest britain initiated the detailed system that Is used throughout the world today copyright copy right 1 |
