Image: Bas-relief Telecom ParisTech

Description: Bas-relief dated from 1962 and created by the sculptor Félix Joffre (1903-1989) and the architect Marcel Chappey (1896-1983), on the main entrance of the Grande École Télécom ParisTech (formerly école nationale supérieure des télécommunications), at the 46 rue Barrault, in Paris, France. It include the following inscription: « L’Homme au cours des âges utilise les forces élémentaires pour les transmissions », which mean “Man through the ages used the elemental forces for transmissions”. Six characters symbolically use each a form of remote transmission : eyesight, carrier pigeons, a trumpet, fire - doubtless in the form smoke signals – hand strike and shout.
Title: Bas-relief Telecom ParisTech
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