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By 1887, heliographs in use included not only the British Mance and
Begbie heliographs, but also the American Grugan, Garner and Pursell
heliographs. The Grugan and Pursell heliographs used shutters, and the
others used movable mirrors operated by a finger key. The Mance, Grugam
and Pursell heliographs used two tripods, and the others one. The
signals could either be momentary flashes, or momentary obscurations.[25] In 1889, the US Signal Service reviewed all of these devices, as well as the Finley Helio-Telegraph,[25]
and finding none completely suitable, developed the US Signal Service
heliograph, a two-tripod, shutter-based machine of 13 7/8 lb. total
weight, and ordered 100 for a total cost of $4,205.[26] In 1893, the number of heliographs manufactured for the US Signal Service was 133.[27]
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