[biliteral system] ... is to signify omnia per omnia - anything by means of anything... and by the art a way is opened whereby a man may express and signify the intentions of his mind, at any distance of place, by objects which may be presented to the eye and accommodated for the ear ... as by Bells and Trumpets, by lights and torches... and any instruments of like nature. (Francis Bacon on biliteral system)