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LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS.
Illustrated Library of Wonders.
Preface.
Contents.
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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