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Lines of Communication: Telegraphy, Literature, and Security in Ireland and the British Empire, 1794-1850

A Research Ireland Pathway project at the School of English & Digital Humanities, University College Cork.

PI: Joanna Wharton | PhD: Jessica White
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Pictured below is Richard Lovell Edgeworth's copy of Samuel Johnson's 'A Dictionary of the English Language'. His annotations suggest that he used the dictionary to develop the code for his optical telegraphs.

The dictionary is held in the Maria Edgeworth Centre's collection.

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The title page of Samuel Johnson's 1768 edition of 'A Dictionary of the English Language'. Richard Lovell Edgeworth has signed his name in the upper margin in pen. A printed page from Johnson's dictionary. The right hand margins contains pen annotations, made by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, of four-digit numbers. A printed page from Johnson's dictionary. The right hand margins contains pen annotations, made by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, of four-digit numbers. A printed page from Johnson's dictionary. The right hand margins contains pen annotations, made by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, of four-digit numbers.
August 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM