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Author : David Porter Heap
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ancient and Modern Light-houses written by David Porter Heap and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dudley Witney
Publisher : Arch Cape
ISBN 13 : 9780517669532
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (695 download)
Download or read book The Lighthouse written by Dudley Witney and published by Arch Cape. This book was released on 1989-08-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and text capture the history, lore, allure, construction, and significance of numerous famous ancient and modern lighthouses along the North American Atlantic coast
Author : Roman Belyaev
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911509240
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)
Download or read book How Does a Lighthouse Work? written by Roman Belyaev and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we tell one lighthouse from another? What does a lighthouse keeper do? Where are the most unusual lighthouses in the world? Depart on an enchanting voyage with the school children in this book to discover the answers to these questions along with other fascinating facts about lighthouses and how they work. A charming journey through the science and history of lighthouses around the world.
Author : Dudley Witney
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 9780771089664
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (896 download)
Download or read book The Lighthouse written by Dudley Witney and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1989 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 300 splendid photos capture the distinctive beauty of ancient and modern lighthouses. Evocative text outlines the history and originality of each structure.
Author : Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1631491539
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)
Download or read book Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse written by Eric Jay Dolin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What Moby-Dick is to whales, Brilliant Beacons is to lighthouses—a transformative account of a familiar yet mystical subject." —Laurence Bergreen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages In this "magnificent compendium" (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing "illuminate[s] the history of America itself" (Entertainment Weekly). Treating readers to a memorable cast of characters and "fascinating anecdotes" (New York Review of Books), Dolin shows how the story of the nation, from a regional backwater colony to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses—from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and all the way to Alaska and Hawaii. A Captain and Classic Boat Best Nautical Book of 2016
Author : Arnold Burges Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Modern Light-house Service written by Arnold Burges Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Preserving Historic Lighthouses written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shona Riddell
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1775594610
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)
Download or read book Guiding Lights written by Shona Riddell and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames or bonfires to modern-day lighthouse keeping. Yet most of their stories are little-known. Guiding Lights includes true stories from around the world, chronicling the lives of the extraordinary women who mind the world’s storm-battered towers. From Hannah Sutton and her partner Grant, the two caretakers living alone on Tasmania’s wild Maatsuyker Island, to Karen Zacharuk, the keeper in charge of Cape Beale on Canada’s Vancouver Island, where bears, cougars and wolves roam, the lives of lighthouse women are not for the faint of heart. Stunning photographs from throughout history accompany accounts of the dramatic torching of Puysegur Point, one of NZ’s most inhospitable lighthouses; ‘haunted’ lighthouses in across the US and their tragic tales; lighthouse accidents and emergencies around the world; and two of the world’s most legendary lighthouse women: Ida Lewis (US) and Grace Darling (UK), who risked their lives to save others. The book also explores our dual perception of lighthouses: are they comforting and romantic beacons symbolizing hope and trust, or storm-lashed and forbidding towers with echoes of lonely, mad keepers? Whatever our perception, stories of women’s courage and dedication in minding the lights — then and now — continue to capture our imagination and inspire.
Author : Alan Stevenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of Lighthouses written by Alan Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Francis Ross Holland
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486255767
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (557 download)
Download or read book America's Lighthouses written by Francis Ross Holland and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the lighthouse which examines its technical development in the United States
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Description and List of the Lighthouses of the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander G. Findlay
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book A Description and List of the Lighthouses of the World, 1887 written by Alexander G. Findlay and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander George Findlay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)
Download or read book A Description and List of the Lighthouses of the World. 1872. Thirteenth Edition written by Alexander George Findlay and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert De Gast
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801847653
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)
Download or read book The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake written by Robert De Gast and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1993-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text features a sequence of 32 photographic essays, documenting in 170 haunting images each of the lighthouses still standing along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. For each lighthouse there is a photograph of the structure in its setting, a view looking out from the lighthouse, and a close-up of some singular detail of the building. The text discusses how and why the lighthouses were built, important events in their history, and in some cases the lives of their keepers. The sequence of lighthouses follows an imaginary journey around the Bay, starting at Cape Henry, site of the oldest existing light.
Author : Marc Seguin
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 149075671X
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)
Download or read book For Want of a Lighthouse written by Marc Seguin and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-25 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No safe harbours for steamboats or sailing vessels could be found along an isolated 70-mile stretch of eastern Lake Ontario, dominated by the irregular-shaped Prince Edward County peninsula. Frequent storms, rocky reefs and sandy shoals were among the many dangers facing 19th century mariners. So many shipwrecks mark one narrow and shallow underwater ridge in the region that it became known as the graveyard of Lake Ontario. It was on these shores, from Presquile Bay to Kingston harbour and along the Bay of Quinte, that a network of more than forty lighthouses and light towers was built between 1828 and 1914. FOR WANT OF A LIGHTHOUSE presents a sweeping look at the social and technological changes which marked the era, and brings to life the people, politics and hardships involved in the construction of these essential aids to navigation. Through the use of extensive archival material and more than 100 maps and photographs, Marc Seguin documents the vital role these lighthouses played in the building of a nation. There is now a race against time to save the few original towers that are still standing. All profits from the sale of this book will be used to preserve these remaining lighthouses.
Author : Ray Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149300171X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Lighthouse Encyclopedia written by Ray Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of facts and history fill this beautifully designed armchair and reference book. This single volume, packed with full-color and vintage photos, contains everything a lighthouse lover or maritime historian wants to know about lighthouse history, changing technologies, lighthouse keepers, and the lenses themselves. A detailed index of more than 150 lighthouses around the world offers quick and easy access to basic information—know the height, age, elevation, optic type and status for every lighthouse! An appendix listing lighthouse groups nationwide makes it easy to see these historic treasures, visit museums and get involved with preservation. See how the appearance or location of lights has changed over time. Read about the historical contributions made by Augustin Fresnel, Winslow Lewis and Stephen Pleasanton, and learn about breakwater lights, caissons, lightships, mercury baths, daymarks and clamshell lenses. The most complete reference book on lighthouses—which won a Benjamin Franklin book design award in hardcover—is finally available in paperback. Ray Jones is a leading authority on lighthouses and the author of more than 14 books and countless magazine articles on American history. He lives in Pebble Beach, California.
Author : George Rockwell Putnam
Publisher : Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States written by George Rockwell Putnam and published by Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company. This book was released on 1917 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
