Plural form of heliograph; multiple devices using mirrors to reflect sunlight for signaling, or multiple instances of heliographic communication.
From 'heliograph' + '-s' (plural marker). The plural form became common as military forces deployed multiple heliograph stations across territories.
During the Boer War, the British army positioned hundreds of heliographs across South African landscape to create an entire communication network powered entirely by the sun!
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