Account of the Skerryvore lighthouse

Name: Account of the Skerryvore lighthouse
Author: Alan Stevenson

by Alan Stevenson

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ACCOUNT OF THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE, WITH NOTES ON THE ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES;
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
APPENDIX.
PLATES.
ERRATA.
PART FIRST. ACCOUNT OF THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. TOPOGRAPHIC NOTICE OF THE SKERRYVORE ROCK.
CHAPTER II. PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS AND WORKS, INCLUDING SURVEY OF THE ROCKS, AND OPENING OF QUARRIES, FROM 1834 to 1837.
CHAPTER III. ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHTHOUSE TOWERS.
CHAPTER IV. OPERATIONS OF 1838.
CHAPTER V. OPERATIONS OF 1839.
CHAPTER VI. OPERATIONS OF 1840.
CHAPTER VII. OPERATIONS OF 1841.
CHAPTER VIII. OPERATIONS OF 1842.
CHAPTER IX. CONCLUDING OPERATIONS AND EXHIBITION OF THE LIGHT.
PART SECOND. NOTES ON THE ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES, WITH SHORT NOTICES OF THEIR EARLY HISTORY.
CATOPTRIC[39] SYSTEM OF LIGHTS.
DIOPTRIC[50] SYSTEM OF LIGHTS.
VARIOUS GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS CONNECTED WITH LIGHTHOUSES.
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX, No. I. TABLE OF CO-ORDINATES OF AN HYPERBOLIC COLUMN WHOSE DIAMETER AT THE TOP = 16 FEET, AT THE BASE = 42 FEET, AND HEIGHT = 120·25 FEET.
APPENDIX, No. II. NOTES ON THE MANUFACTURE OF PARABOLOÏDAL REFLECTORS, from Information furnished by Mr James Murdoch, of the Northern Lights Service.
APPENDIX, No. III. NOTES ON THE GRINDING OF THE VARIOUS PIECES COMPOSING THE INSTRUMENTS USED IN DIOPTRIC LIGHTHOUSES, CHIEFLY FROM NOTES FURNISHED BY M. THEODORE LETOURNEAU OF PARIS.
Dressing off the rough part of the Ring.
The Emery Grinding.
The Polish.
Adjustment of the Prisms.
Composition of the Cement for fixing the glass on the lathe.
Composition of cement used for the adjustment of the pieces of glass which touch each other.
Cement for filling up voids, and fixing the rings in the frames.
Prices of the various parts of the Dioptric Apparatus.
Diagrams illustrative of the Table, Appendix, No. IV.
APPENDIX, No. IV. TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS OF CATADIOPTRIC ZONES SUITED FOR LIGHTS OF THE FIRST ORDER IN THE SYSTEM OF AUGUSTIN FRESNEL.
APPENDIX, No. V. NOTICE TO MARINERS.—SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE.
APPENDIX, No. VI. ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENSE OF ERECTING THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE AND OF THE SUBSIDIARY WORKS.
APPENDIX, No. VII. EXCERPTS FROM AN ACCOUNT OF EXPERIMENTS UPON THE FORCE OF THE WAVES OF THE ATLANTIC AND GERMAN OCEANS. By Thomas Stevenson, F.R.S.E., Civil-Engineer, Edinburgh. (From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. XVI.)
APPENDIX, No. VIII. LIST OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES, BEACONS AND BUOYS. FOR 1848.
APPENDIX, No. IX. REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES, FOR THE YEAR 1846; WITH APPENDICES. By Alexander Cuningham, W.S., Secretary to the Board.
APPENDIX, No. X. INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LIGHT-KEEPERS IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.
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