The Story of John Smeaton and the Eddystone Lighthouse
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 130
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Smeaton (F.R.S., Civil Engineer.)
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Published: 1876
Total Pages: 134
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Published: 1890
Total Pages: 117
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tom Nancollas
Publisher: Particular Books
Published: 2019-08
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781846149382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was much more utilitarian than that. Today we still depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland which form a ring of twenty towers built between 1811 and 1904, so-called because they were constructed on desolate rock formations in the middle of the sea, and made of granite to withstand the power of its waves. Seashaken Housesis a lyrical exploration of these singular towers, the people who risked their lives building and rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular rooms, and the ways in which we value emblems of our history in a changing world.
Author: Samuel Parkes
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 240
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Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited
Published: 1991-06-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780727700889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Smeaton, the greatest civil engineer of the 18th century, was principal founder of the profession in Britain and an engineering scientist of international repute. This is a biography of Smeaton, which covers the whole range of his diverse achievements.
Author: John Smeaton
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Published: 1796
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R. G. Grant
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780500519769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLighthouses have always unsettled and attracted in equal measure, highlighting the triumphs and failures in humanity's battle with the forces of nature. Taking as its heroes the lighthouses themselves, Sentinels of the Sea describes the engineering genius that allowed their construction on even the smallest of rock outcrops and the innovations that made the lights so powerful and reliable. Intricate, elegant architectural plans and elevations, and evocative period drawings and photographs showcase the innovative designs and technologies behind fifty historic lighthouses built around the world from the 17th to the 20th century. R.G. Grant's engaging and authoritative text chronicles the incredible feats of engineering and endurance that brought these iconic, isolated towers into being, the advances in lens technology that made the lights so effective, and the everyday routines of the lighthouse keepers and the heroic rescues that some performed. Packed with extraordinary stories of human endeavour, desperate shipwrecks, builders defying the elements and heroic sea rescues, the book also reveals the isolation and vulnerability of the dedicated lighthouse keepers.
Author: Adam Hart-Davis
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2003-10-23
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 0752495119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdam Hart-Davis vividly recreates the story of the Eddystone Lighthouse, the character of the man who built it, and the power of the elements that finally destroyed them both.
Author: John Smeaton
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Published: 1837
Total Pages: 554
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