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Bolton, Francis John

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Bolton, Francis John (1831–1887)

British soldier and electrician. With the Scottish naval officer Philip Colomb (1831–1899), he developed a naval semaphore, also inventing oxy-calcium light for night signalling. With Colomb and an officer of the Royal Engineers he compiled the Army and Navy Signal Book, used in the Abyssinian campaign of 1867.

Bolton enlisted in the Royal Artillery and became captain of the 12th Foot Regiment in 1860.



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