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Author: Timothy Douglass Publisher: ISBN: 9780228840169 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 276
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The book starts off with the plight of Edward Ward, a BBC correspondent, who, with his sound technician, was stranded in the Bishop Rock Lighthouse following a Christmas Day broadcast in 1946. Their departure was delayed for a month by raging storms. After being rescued, he wondered, "How on earth did they manage to build the lighthouse, a massive granite tower rising over 160 feet (49m) almost straight out of the sea, in one of the roughest locations imaginable?" With a foreword by Captain Ian McNaught, the Deputy Master of Trinity House, the Lighthouse Authority for England and Wales, and former master of the Queen Elizabeth 2, this question is addressed while covering the great lighthouse-building era of just over two centuries. Although the emphasis is on the work of three generations of Douglass Lighthouse Engineers during the second half of the nineteenth century, the parts played by many other people who contributed to making the seas safer are described, whether by designing and building lighthouses and beacons, or developing and manufacturing the lights and fog signals installed in them. One was Michael Faraday, the eminent physicist, who was Trinity House's Scientific Advisor for thirty years, who brought about the first practical use of electricity when an electric light was installed in the South Foreland Lighthouse in 1858. Much of the book is devoted to lighthouses built out to sea on small wave-swept rocks because of the tremendous challenges faced in building them. These range from the first lighthouse built on the Eddystone Rocks in the English Channel south of Plymouth, completed in 1699, to William Douglass' massive granite tower on the Fastnet Rock off SW Ireland, completed in 1904. The exceptional dedication and perseverance by those who were willing to work in very hazardous and uncomfortable conditions, often putting their lives at risk, is described, and remarkably few lives were lost. Many interesting stories and anecdotes are included.
Author: Timothy Douglass Publisher: ISBN: 9780228840169 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
The book starts off with the plight of Edward Ward, a BBC correspondent, who, with his sound technician, was stranded in the Bishop Rock Lighthouse following a Christmas Day broadcast in 1946. Their departure was delayed for a month by raging storms. After being rescued, he wondered, "How on earth did they manage to build the lighthouse, a massive granite tower rising over 160 feet (49m) almost straight out of the sea, in one of the roughest locations imaginable?" With a foreword by Captain Ian McNaught, the Deputy Master of Trinity House, the Lighthouse Authority for England and Wales, and former master of the Queen Elizabeth 2, this question is addressed while covering the great lighthouse-building era of just over two centuries. Although the emphasis is on the work of three generations of Douglass Lighthouse Engineers during the second half of the nineteenth century, the parts played by many other people who contributed to making the seas safer are described, whether by designing and building lighthouses and beacons, or developing and manufacturing the lights and fog signals installed in them. One was Michael Faraday, the eminent physicist, who was Trinity House's Scientific Advisor for thirty years, who brought about the first practical use of electricity when an electric light was installed in the South Foreland Lighthouse in 1858. Much of the book is devoted to lighthouses built out to sea on small wave-swept rocks because of the tremendous challenges faced in building them. These range from the first lighthouse built on the Eddystone Rocks in the English Channel south of Plymouth, completed in 1699, to William Douglass' massive granite tower on the Fastnet Rock off SW Ireland, completed in 1904. The exceptional dedication and perseverance by those who were willing to work in very hazardous and uncomfortable conditions, often putting their lives at risk, is described, and remarkably few lives were lost. Many interesting stories and anecdotes are included.
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 167
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"Records of a Family of Engineers" is a story of the Robert Louis Stevenson's family and their accomplishments in the area of lighthouse engineering, focused on the author's grandfather Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), who was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses. The author traces the history and the name of the Stevenson family from the thirteenth century onwards, and discusses his ancestors through to Robert Stevenson. In the second and the third chapter, Robert Louis Stevenson thoroughly describes his grandfather's involvement with the Northern Lighthouse Board, where Robert Stevenson served as engineer for nearly fifty years, until 1842, during which time he designed and oversaw the construction and later improvement of numerous lighthouses, including the Bell Rock Lighthouse, which is one of his most famous works.
Author: Thomas Williams Publisher: Sagwan Press ISBN: 9781376486971 Category : Languages : en Pages : 216
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Author: Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies Thomas Williams Publisher: ISBN: 9781332615568 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 214
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Excerpt from Life of Sir James Nicholas Douglass, F. R. S., &C., &C: Formerly Engineer-in-Chief to the Trinity House As regards my recollection of Sir James during his school-days at Bridgend, writes Mr. Price-williams, I may state that what impressed me most was his splendid temper, his lovable nature, his earnest application to his studies, and the marked ability he showed even then. He was, as I am sure Mr. Jones would have testified were he alive, one of his best, if not the very best of his pupils. Sir James has often admitted to me, adds Mr. Price-williams, that the training he got at Mr. Jones' school was of the greatest service to him in his professional career. Besides, - moving about, as the two brothers did, from place to place, and being bright, observant youths, they acquired a good deal of valuable miscellaneous knowledge which books are Often powerless to convey. What says the poet? Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters to be wise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Timothy Douglass
Author: Timothy Douglass
Author: Thomas Williams (of Trinity House.)
Author: Thomas Williams (of Trinity House.)
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Thomas Williams
Author: Samuel Smiles
Author: Thomas Stevenson
Author: Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies Thomas Williams
Author: William Tregarthen DOUGLASS
Author: William Tregarthen DOUGLASS