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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I LIGHTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER II LIGHTHOUSE ILLUMINATION ADAPTED TO THE ILLUMINATION OF EVERY AZIMUTH, OR OF CERTAIN AZIMUTHS ONLY, BY LIGHT OF EQUAL POWER, ACTING EITHER CONSTANTLY OR PERIODICALLY
- CHAPTER III AZIMUTHAL CONDENSING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING THE LIGHT UNEQUALLY IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS EITHER CONSTANTLY OR PERIODICALLY
- CHAPTER IV DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHTS
- CHAPTER V THE ILLUMINATION OF BEACONS AND BUOYS
- CHAPTER VI THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
- CHAPTER VII STATISTICS OF LIGHTHOUSE APPARATUS
- CHAPTER VIII SOURCES OF ILLUMINATION
- CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH LIGHTHOUSES
- CHAPTER X FOG-SIGNALS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER VI - THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I LIGHTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER II LIGHTHOUSE ILLUMINATION ADAPTED TO THE ILLUMINATION OF EVERY AZIMUTH, OR OF CERTAIN AZIMUTHS ONLY, BY LIGHT OF EQUAL POWER, ACTING EITHER CONSTANTLY OR PERIODICALLY
- CHAPTER III AZIMUTHAL CONDENSING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING THE LIGHT UNEQUALLY IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS EITHER CONSTANTLY OR PERIODICALLY
- CHAPTER IV DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHTS
- CHAPTER V THE ILLUMINATION OF BEACONS AND BUOYS
- CHAPTER VI THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
- CHAPTER VII STATISTICS OF LIGHTHOUSE APPARATUS
- CHAPTER VIII SOURCES OF ILLUMINATION
- CHAPTER IX MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH LIGHTHOUSES
- CHAPTER X FOG-SIGNALS
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Lighthouse Construction and Illumination , pp. 178 - 191Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1881