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Management of English Lighthouses--The Trinity House--Early History of this Corporation--Management of Lighthouses vested in--The Power of the Crown to grant Patents for Lighthouses-- Recent Law for the Regulation of Lighthouses--Revenue of Corporation--Rates of Dues--How coll...
Management of English Lighthouses--The Trinity House--Early History of this Corporation--Management of Lighthouses vested in--The Power of the Crown to grant Patents for Lightho...
3. Chapter 34. Chapter 4Birth of Smeaton--His early Character and Employments--Educated for an attorney--His dislike of that profession--Becomes Philosophical Instrument Maker--His Scientific Inquiries...
5. Chapter 5A Stone Lighthouse proposed--Smeaton's first Visit to the Rock--Operations of the First Season--Second Season--Structure of the Foundation--Ingenious Mode of securing the Stones...
6. Chapter 6Importance of Lighting the Scottish Coast--Formation of Board of Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses--Early Proceedings of the Board--Principal Northern Lighthouses--The Isle...
7. Chapter 7History of the Inch-Cape or Bell-Rock Lighthouse as a Type of the Northern Lighthouses--Position and Dangerous Character of the Bell Rock--Ballad of Sir Ralph the Rover-- Propos...
8. Chapter 8Floating Lights--Objections to--Mitchell's Screw-moorings-- Experiments on the Maplin Sand--Foundation--Erection of Screw-pile Lighthouse--Details of the Wyre Lighthouse--Propos...
9. Chapter 9Imperfect Illumination of the old Lighthouses--First Improvements--The Argand Lamp and Reflecting Mirrors--Revolving Lights--The Catoptric System--Varieties of Lights--The Diopt...
10. Chapter 10There is perhaps nothing better calculated to impress us with the skill and ingenuity of man, and the power which scientific knowledge imparts, than the sight of one of the beau...
11. Chapter 11Management of English Lighthouses--The Trinity House--Early History of this Corporation--Management of Lighthouses vested in--The Power of the Crown to grant Patents for Lightho...
12. Chapter 12The Eddystone Rocks are situated nearly S. S. W. from the middle of Plymouth Sound, and at a distance from the port of Plymouth of nearly fourteen miles. They are remarkable for...
13. Chapter 13Birth of Smeaton--His early Character and Employments--Educated for an attorney--His dislike of that profession--Becomes Philosophical Instrument Maker--His Scientific Inquiries...
14. Chapter 14A Stone Lighthouse proposed--Smeaton's first Visit to the Rock--Operations of the First Season--Second Season--Structure of the Foundation--Ingenious Mode of securing the Stones...
15. Chapter 15Importance of Lighting the Scottish Coast--Formation of Board of Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses--Early Proceedings of the Board--Principal Northern Lighthouses--The Isle...
16. Chapter 16History of the Inch-Cape or Bell-Rock Lighthouse as a Type of the Northern Lighthouses--Position and Dangerous Character of the Bell Rock--Ballad of Sir Ralph the Rover--Proposa...
17. Chapter 17Floating Lights--Objections to--Mitchell's Screw-moorings-- Experiments on the Maplin Sand--Foundation--Erection of Screw-pile Lighthouse--Details of the Wyre Lighthouse--Propos...
18. Chapter 18Imperfect Illumination of the old Lighthouses--First Improvements--The Argand Lamp and Reflecting Mirrors--Revolving Lights--The Catoptric System--Varieties of Lights--The Diopt...