heliogram
[ hee-lee-uh-gram ]
noun
a message sent by a heliograph.
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How to use heliogram in a sentence
Just then my mind was considerably relieved by a heliogram from Baker informing me that he was on his way back to Kabul.
Forty-one years in India | Frederick Sleigh RobertsEach of us was allowed to send a brief heliogram, balloting for turn.
Ladysmith | H. W. NevinsonThe morning following the receipt of the heliogram we broke camp at daylight.
Camps and Trails in China | Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup AndrewsThough news by heliogram came slowly and at long intervals, all were conscious that something was afloat.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) | Louis CreswickeThis instruction was not included in the original heliogram, but was annexed to it as an afterthought in a supplementary message.
A Handbook of the Boer War | Gale and Polden, Limited
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