The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone LighthouseT. Nelson and Sons, 1876 - 117 من الصفحات |
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... navigate the dangerous seas without their help , that he was led to ascribe their origin to supernatural wisdom . According to the Greeks , they were invented by Hercules . There is good reason to believe , however , that long before ...
... navigate the dangerous seas without their help , that he was led to ascribe their origin to supernatural wisdom . According to the Greeks , they were invented by Hercules . There is good reason to believe , however , that long before ...
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... navigation by licensing and regulating pilots , and planting beacons , light- houses , and buoys along the British coasts . But , as Mr. Smiles remarks , the only step taken to carry out objects of such national interest was the ...
... navigation by licensing and regulating pilots , and planting beacons , light- houses , and buoys along the British coasts . But , as Mr. Smiles remarks , the only step taken to carry out objects of such national interest was the ...
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... navigation increased , and ships more frequently threaded the narrow pass or dangerous channel , more lights became necessary , and thus the old system of lights had to give way to a more regular and extensive lighthouse system . The ...
... navigation increased , and ships more frequently threaded the narrow pass or dangerous channel , more lights became necessary , and thus the old system of lights had to give way to a more regular and extensive lighthouse system . The ...
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... been included in the system of de- fence which guards our imperial commerce , and enables the seaman to navigate the British waters in almost perfect safety . CHAPTER II . THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE . BOUT fourteen miles.
... been included in the system of de- fence which guards our imperial commerce , and enables the seaman to navigate the British waters in almost perfect safety . CHAPTER II . THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE . BOUT fourteen miles.
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... navigation of the Chelmer to Chelmsford , of the Don above Doncaster , of the Devon in Clackmannanshire , of the Tetney Haven navigation near Louth , and the improvement of the river Lea ; but the im- * These estates were confiscated by ...
... navigation of the Chelmer to Chelmsford , of the Don above Doncaster , of the Devon in Clackmannanshire , of the Tetney Haven navigation near Louth , and the improvement of the river Lea ; but the im- * These estates were confiscated by ...
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الصفحة 117 - THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE rocky ledge runs far into the sea, And on its outer point, some miles away, The Lighthouse lifts its massive masonry, A pillar of fire by night, of cloud by day.
الصفحة 106 - His mind was as clear as crystal, and his demonstrations will be found mathematically conclusive. To this day there are no writings so valuable as his in the highest walks of scientific engineering ; and when young men ask me, as they frequently do, what they should read, I invariably say, 'Go to Smeaton's philosophical papers; read them, master them thoroughly, and nothing will be of greater service to you.
الصفحة 112 - To the dulling of my spirits : sit down and rest. Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it No longer for my flatterer : he is drown'd Whom thus we stray to find ; and the sea mocks Our frustrate search on land.
الصفحة 48 - He forged his iron and steel, and melted his metal ; he had tools of every sort for working in wood, ivory, and metals. He had made a lathe by which he...
الصفحة 117 - A speechless wrath. that rises and subsides In the white lip and tremour of the face . And, as the evening darkens , lo ! how bright , Through the deep purple of the twilight air , Beams forth the sudden radiance of its light , With strange, unearthly...
الصفحة 27 - With that Winstanley went his way, And left the rock renowned, And summer and winter his pilot star Hung bright o'er Plymouth Sound. But it fell out, fell out at last, That he would put to sea, To scan once more his lighthouse tower On the rock o