Richard Lovell Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor. He had 22 children.
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Edgeworthstown House, Ireland
Library at Edgeworthstown House 1888![Edgeworth's proposed optical telegraph for use in Ireland. The rotational position of each one of the four indicators represented a number 1-7 (0 being "rest"), forming a four-digit number. The number stood for a particular word in a codebook.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Rees%27s_Cyclopaedia_-_Richard_Lovell_Edgeworth%27s_optical_telegraph.png/500px-Rees%27s_Cyclopaedia_-_Richard_Lovell_Edgeworth%27s_optical_telegraph.png)
Edgeworth's proposed optical telegraph for use in Ireland. The rotational position of each one of the four indicators represented a number 1-7 (0 being "rest"), forming a four-digit number. The number stood for a particular word in a codebook.[2]Awards 1
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1744 to 1817 · aged 73
Written about in
13 languages
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