
Lighthouses and Lightships / A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization
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- LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS.
- Illustrated Library of Wonders.
- Preface.
- BOOK 1. ANCIENT HISTORY OF LIGHTHOUSES.
- CHAPTER I. THE FIRE-TOWERS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
- CHAPTER II. THE PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA.
- CHAPTER III. THE “TOUR D’ORDRE” OF BOULOGNE.
- CHAPTER IV. THE TOWER AT DOVER.
- CHAPTER V. THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES.
- BOOK II. THE SCIENCE OF LIGHTHOUSES.
- CHAPTER I. HOW THEY ARE ADMINISTERED.
- CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF LIGHTHOUSES.
- CHAPTER III. THE ILLUMINATING APPARATUS OF LIGHTHOUSES.
- CHAPTER IV. THE INTERIOR OF A LIGHTHOUSE.
- BOOK III. LIGHTHOUSES OF GREAT BRITAIN.
- CHAPTER I. THE STORY OF THE EDDYSTONE: A.D. 1696, 1706, 1759.
- CHAPTER II. THE SMALLS LIGHTHOUSE.
- CHAPTER III. THE BELL ROCK, A.D. 1807–1811.
- CHAPTER IV. THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE.
- CHAPTER V. NORTH UNST, 1854.—SUNDERLAND, 1841.
- CHAPTER VI. LIGHTHOUSES ON THE ENGLISH COAST.
- BOOK IV. LIGHTHOUSES IN FRANCE.
- CHAPTER I. THE TOUR DE CORDOUAN. [50]
- CHAPTER II. THE LIGHTHOUSES OF CAPE LA HEVE. A.D. 1774.
- CHAPTER III. THE LIGHTHOUSE OF THE HEAUX OF BREHAT. A.D. 1836–1840.
- CHAPTER IV. THE GRAND BARGE D’OLONNE. A.D. 1861.
- CHAPTER V. THE LIGHTHOUSES OF WALDE, THE ENFANT PERDU, AND NEW CALEDONIA. A.D. 1859—1863—1865.
- BOOK V. THE AUXILIARIES OF LIGHTHOUSES.
- CHAPTER I. FLOATING LIGHTS: LIGHTSHIPS.
- CHAPTER II. LANDMARKS, BEACONS, AND BUOYS.
- BOOK VI. LIFE IN THE LIGHTHOUSE.
- CHAPTER I. THE LIGHTHOUSE-KEEPERS.
- APPENDIX. A LIST OF LIGHTS ON THE BRITISH AND IRISH COASTS.[63]
- ENGLAND.
- SCOTLAND.
- ENGLAND.
- ISLE OF MAN.
- ENGLAND.
- IRELAND.
- II. A NIGHT IN A LIGHTSHIP.
- Index.
- List of Illustrations.
- FOOTNOTES:
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