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Lightships

- Their Design, Development and Diversity
Af: Anthony Lane, Martin Augustus Engelsk Paperback

Lightships

- Their Design, Development and Diversity
Af: Anthony Lane, Martin Augustus Engelsk Paperback
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Lightships guided ships of all nations past offshore reefs and sandbanks that posed extreme hazards to navigation where lighthouses could not be built. This book describes their design, construction and evolution over more than two centuries of service. Originally constructed from teak, they progressed through iron hulls to steel. Their lights burnt whale oil, colza oil, then paraffin before electricity provided the greatest brightness. Fog warnings were given by bells, gongs, reed horns and sirens before reaching maximum power with the diaphone, which could be heard up to 10 miles away. All these features, most of which resulted from major scientific and engineering advances made in the nineteenth century, are examined here.For hundreds of years lightships made the sea lanes around Great Britain far safer for navigators. Their history and development are well documented through the rare images and detailed information contained within this book.
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Lightships guided ships of all nations past offshore reefs and sandbanks that posed extreme hazards to navigation where lighthouses could not be built. This book describes their design, construction and evolution over more than two centuries of service. Originally constructed from teak, they progressed through iron hulls to steel. Their lights burnt whale oil, colza oil, then paraffin before electricity provided the greatest brightness. Fog warnings were given by bells, gongs, reed horns and sirens before reaching maximum power with the diaphone, which could be heard up to 10 miles away. All these features, most of which resulted from major scientific and engineering advances made in the nineteenth century, are examined here.For hundreds of years lightships made the sea lanes around Great Britain far safer for navigators. Their history and development are well documented through the rare images and detailed information contained within this book.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 96
ISBN-13: 9781398119239
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1398119237
Kategori: Skibe & både
Udg. Dato: 15 okt 2024
Længde: 8mm
Bredde: 165mm
Højde: 233mm
Forlag: Amberley Publishing
Oplagsdato: 15 okt 2024
Forfatter(e): Anthony Lane, Martin Augustus
Forfatter(e) Anthony Lane, Martin Augustus

Kategori Skibe & både

ISBN-13 9781398119239

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 96

Udgave

Længde 8mm

Bredde 165mm

Højde 233mm

Udg. Dato 15 okt 2024

Oplagsdato 15 okt 2024

Forlag Amberley Publishing