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  2. Wigwag (flag signals) - Wikipedia

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    Davis's objections were ignored and Myer was made signal officer and promoted to major in June 1860. [27] Myer submitted a patent application in 1860 claiming the rights to all signaling systems based on motions (of which wigwag is an example) as opposed to positions (of which flag semaphore is an example). The patent was granted in January ...

  3. Magnetic Signal Company - Wikipedia

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    The Magnetic Signal Company was an American company based in Los Angeles, California, focused on railway signalling. The company was the manufacturer of the ubiquitous "Magnetic Flagman" wigwag railroad crossing (or level crossing ) signal, seen all over California and the western states.

  4. Flag signals - Wikipedia

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    A typical US Signal Corps guidon features wig-wag flags. In the 1850s, U.S. Army Major Albert J. Myer, a surgeon by training, developed a system using left or right movements of a flag (or torch or lantern at night). Myer's system used a single flag, waved back and forth in a binary code conceptually similar to the Morse code of dots and dashes ...

  5. Wigwag - Wikipedia

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    Wig wag (washing machines), a solenoid design used in some brands; Wigwag, the Canadian version of the English Curly Wurly bar; Wigwag, a tool used in watchmaking for polishing parts; WigWag, a Nottingham–based website development and communication company; Wig-wag, a tool used to stack sheets of rubber compound into boxes or onto pallets.

  6. United States Army Signal Corps - Wikipedia

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    While serving as a medical officer in Texas in 1856, Albert James Myer proposed that the Army use his visual communications system, called aerial telegraphy (or "wig-wag"). When the Army adopted his system on 21 June 1860, the Signal Corps was born with Myer as the first and only Signal Officer. [3]

  7. Boy Scouts of America to change name to Scouting America to ...

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    More than 130 million Americans have participated in scouting programs since it was founded in 1910, and more than 2.75 million young adults to date have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, per the ...

  8. Scouting controversy and conflict - Wikipedia

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    Religion in Scouting and Guiding is an aspect of the Scout method which has been practiced differently and given different interpretations over the years. [2] In contrast to the Christian-only Boys' Brigade which was started two decades earlier, Baden-Powell founded the Scout movement as a youth organization (with boys as 'Scouts' and girls as 'Guides') which was independent of any single ...

  9. Big Ten opponents were aware of 'elaborate scheme' and ... - AOL

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    On those plays, staff members spotted Stalions either signaling into the game or gesturing to another assistant. “As soon as we flashed something, he knew it right away,” one coach said.