Code Collection (#2)

Punched cards for the operation of a Jacquard loom
5312182 Punched cards for the operation of a Jacquard loom; (add.info.: Punched cards coded with weaving pattern for the operation of a Jacquard loom; 1843.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A surgeon on trial in front of Hammurabi accused of having caused the loss of the eye of a member of the upper class by
3033778 A surgeon on trial in front of Hammurabi accused of having caused the loss of the eye of a member of the upper class by an unskilful operation, if found guilty his hands would be amputated

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Alan Turing, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Alan Turing at Bletchley, 1940s, (2023). British mathematician, logician and code breaker Alan Turing (1912-1954) joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park

Radio, 1919. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Radio, 1919. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Radio, 1919. USA. Sailor typing at ticker tape machine: Leased wire telegram received at Navy Department...New York Oct 23 1919, I P Bemberg

Genevieve Chapin & Sue Court, c1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Genevieve Chapin & Sue Court, c1918
Genevieve Chapin & Sue Court, c1918. Two women in an office. The seated woman holds a letter dated 6 September 1918, written on Executive Postal Censorship Committee headed notepaper

Evelyn Moran, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Evelyn Moran, between 1910 and 1920
Evelyn Moran, between 1910 and 1920. Woman writing on a pad of paper, with Morse key on the right

Evelyn Moran, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Evelyn Moran, between 1910 and 1920
Evelyn Moran, between 1910 and 1920. Woman writing on a pad of paper, man operating signalling device/Morse key?

Theban alphabet (Honorian alphabet or the Runes of Honorius
5615723 Theban alphabet (Honorian alphabet or the Runes of Honorius) and Celestial Alphabet (Scriptura Malachim or Angelic Script) Engraving from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1486-1535)

The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862....an ingenious system of marine telegraph, consisting of flags for day

The War in America: a night alarm in the Federal camp - signalling from the right bank... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: a night alarm in the Federal camp - signalling from the right bank of the Potomac to head-quarters at Washington, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

McDonnell Douglas - BA e AV-8B Harrier II
United States Marine Corps - McDonnell Douglas / BA e AV-8B Harrier II 163673 (base code GG, call-sign 03), of VMA-231. Date: circa 1990

Hawker Sea Fury FB. 11 N588 16
Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 N588 16 Baby Gorilla. (msn 41H-636335, ex WH588, base code K) Date: circa 1974

Burma DUKWs (known as Ducks) take supplies and reinforcements from the Chindwin River to forward British troops driving on Mandalay, Burma during the Second World War

British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS. 1 XZ451
Fleet Air Arm - British Aerospace Sea Harrier FRS.1 XZ451 (base code R, call sign 005) of 801 Naval Air Squadron, embarked on HMS Ark Royal. Date: 1990

United States Navy - Martin P5M-2 Marlin 140150 (unit code RD, call-sign 1 ) of VP-47 The Golden Swordsmen, at NAS Alameda in San Francisco harbour. Date: circa 1958

United States Navy - Douglas A3D-2P Skywarrior 144847 (msn 12093, unit code PP, call-sign 933 ), of VCP-63 144847, while flying with VAP-61, was hit by aA over Quang Binh Province

United States Navy - McDonnell F3H-2 Demon 143487 (base code AE, call-sign 110) of VF-131, embarked on USS Constellation. 1961: VF-41 as AG-103.1962: VF-131 as AE-110.1963

United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom 155847 (unit code AE, call-sign 110 ) of VF-41, embarked on USS Roosevelt

United States Marine Corps - Douglas C-117D Skytrain 50835 (msn 43321, unit code WZ, call-sign 835 ) in 1963-65(WZ is tail-code for AIRFMFPAC - Air Fleet Marine Force)

United States Navy - Martin P5M-1 Marlin 127718 (unit code LM, call-sign 8) with VP-44, based at Norfolk Naval Air Station, Virginia

United States Navy - Douglas F3D-1 Skyknight 123751 (msn 7058, unit code FT, call-sign 751) of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC), at Patuxent River Naval Air Station (PAX) Date: circa 1950

United States Navy - McDonnell F3H-2N Demon 136981 (msn 166 / base code NJ / call-sign 135) of VF-121. 136981 can be seen at Naval Air Station Miramar armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder

United States Navy - McDonnell F2H-2P Banshee 125683 (msn 324), call-sign 22, unit code PL, of VC-62. ? as PL-903. 1957: VFP-62 as GA-919. Date: late 1950s

Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber
A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber code is displayed, in this illustration picture taken March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

German flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber
A German flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a computer screen on which cyber code is displayed, in this illustration picture taken March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration

Samuel Morse on board of boat "Sully", 19th century (engraving)
2757933 Samuel Morse on board of boat "Sully", 19th century (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Samuel Morse and Charles Thomas Jackson on the ship Sully)

Scientist Jean Alexandre test his dial telegraph, France, Oct. 1801 (engraving)
2757931 Scientist Jean Alexandre test his dial telegraph, France, Oct. 1801 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Sciences. Communication. Coll. Part. Science. Communication)

Experiment of telephony by Francois Sudre on the Champ de Mars, Paris, 1829 (engraving)
2757928 Experiment of telephony by Francois Sudre on the Champ de Mars, Paris, 1829 (engraving) by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Sciences. Communication)

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Faizal Besari

Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 159714
United States marine Corps - Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 159714 (base code F, call-sign 801') of CTW-6, at NAS Pensacola on 10 November 2000. Date: 2000

Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 158586
United States Navy - Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 158586 (msn 346-12, base code F, call-sign 805'). Date: circa 2000

Scottish Aviation Jetstream T. 2 XX486 - 569
Royal Navy - Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 XX486 / 569 (msn 265 P/N 57, base code CU'), of 750 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Culdrose. Date: circa 1995

British Aerospace Jetstream T. 2 XX484
Royal Navy - British Aerospace Jetstream T.2 XX484 (msn 266 P/N 58, base code CU, call-sign 66'). Date: circa 1996

North American Rockwell T-2B Buckeye 156691
Rockwell T-2C Buckeye 156691 (msn 318-6, base code A, call-sign 920'), of VT-9. Date: circa 1990

Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II 0010 - AGT
Aviation legere de l'armee de Terre - Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II 0010 / AGT (msn F406-0010), at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 21 to 30 July 1994

Vought F-8J Crusader 149139
United States Navy - Vought F-8J Crusader 149139, of VF-301, base code ND, call-sign 107 Date: 1972

Grumman -2C Hawkeye 161097
United States Navy - Grumman -2C Hawkeye 161097 (msn 56, base code AB, call-sign 601), of VAW-123, embarked on USS America on 18 September 1982. Seen ranged on deck folded, ready for the hangar

McDonnell Douglas F-A-18A Hornet 161353
United States Navy - McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A-5-MC Hornet (Lot 4) 161353 (msn A017 / 21, base code NJ, call sign 502), of VFA-125, seen at Naval Air Station Lemoore, on 29 October 1981. Date: 1981

Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King 149711
United States Navy - Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King 149711 (msn 61128, base code AB, call-sign 613), of HS-11 embarked on USS America on 18 September 1982. Seen ranged on deck folded, ready for the hangar

Beech T-1A Jayhawk 90-0400
United States Air Force - Beech T-1A Jayhawk 90-0400 (msn TT-3, base code XL), of 86FTS from Rio Lobos Air Force Base. Date: circa 2005

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Jacob Milling postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. An exceptional handwritten postcard postmarked 11pm on 9 April 1912 sent by Second Class passenger Jacob Christian Milling (1863?1912)

Grumman E-1B 147217
United States Navy - Grumman E-1B 147216 (msn 12, base code GE, call-sign 704'), of VAW-12, on 10 April 1964. Date: 1964

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"Unlocking the Secrets: Decoding the Language of Code" Code, a universal language that transcends time and space, has been an integral part of human history. From Leonardo da Vinci's intricate sketches depicting skull anatomy to the discovery of X and Y chromosomes shaping our genetic makeup, code reveals hidden truths. Dating back to ancient civilizations, we find the enigmatic "Code of Hammurabi, " a set of laws etched in stone that shaped Mesopotamian society. Fast forward to Marconi's revolutionary radio apparatus and the Telegraph Key transmitting messages through Morse Code; these inventions connected distant lands with a series of dots and dashes. The Enigma code machine used during World War II challenged even the brightest minds like Alan Turing, whose brilliance paved the way for modern computing. Meanwhile, Visigothic Code or Liber Iudiciorum established legal frameworks in medieval Spain while DNA molecules silently carried life's blueprint within every living organism. Intrigue deepens as we explore historical mysteries such as deciphering the Great Paris Cipher or decoding distress signals like SOS from Titanic's ill-fated voyage. The Twelve Tables of Rome drawn up by ancient lawmakers laid foundations for justice still relevant today. Code is not merely lines on paper or digital characters; it represents humanity's quest for knowledge and understanding. It bridges gaps between cultures, enabling communication across borders throughout centuries. As technology advances further into uncharted territories, let us remember that behind every line lies a story waiting to be unraveled—a testament to our insatiable curiosity about this complex world we inhabit.