Read e-book online Lighthouse Encyclopedia: The Definitive Reference PDF

By Ray Jones

ISBN-10: 0762786701

ISBN-13: 9780762786701

A wealth of proof and heritage fill this fantastically designed armchair and reference e-book. This unmarried quantity, filled with full-color and classic photographs, includes every thing a lighthouse lover or maritime historian desires to learn about lighthouse heritage, altering applied sciences, lighthouse keepers, and the lenses themselves. an in depth index of greater than a hundred and fifty lighthouses world wide bargains quickly and simple entry to uncomplicated information—know the peak, age, elevation, optic sort and standing for each lighthouse! An appendix directory lighthouse teams national makes it effortless to work out those historical treasures, stopover at museums and get entangled with maintenance. See how the looks or position of lighting has replaced through the years. examine the ancient contributions made by way of Augustin Fresnel, Winslow Lewis and Stephen Pleasanton, and know about breakwater lighting, caissons, lightships, mercury baths, daymarks and clamshell lenses. the main whole reference publication on lighthouses—which gained a Benjamin Franklin ebook layout award in hardcover—is ultimately to be had in paperback.

Ray Jones is a number one authority on lighthouses and the writer of greater than 14 books and numerous journal articles on American historical past. He lives in Pebble seashore, California.

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