Author: Trinity House (London, England)Publisher:
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Category : Merchant mariners
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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The Royal Charter of Confirmation
Author: Trinity House (London, England)Publisher:
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Category : Merchant mariners
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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The Royal Charter of Confirmation, Granted by ... King James II. to the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond; for the Government and Encrease of the Navigation of England, and the Relief of Poor Mariners, Their Widdows and Orphans, &c
Author: EnglandThe Royal Charter of Confirmation granted on 8 July 1685 by his most excellent Majesty King James II. to the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond; for the government and encrease of the navigation of England, and the relief of poor mariners, their widdows and orphans, &c. With various earlier royal grants and proclamations relating to the Trinity House and navigation in the Thames, and with "Orders, Constitutions, and By-Laws, made by the Master, Wardens, and Assistants, of the Guild ... of the ... Trinity, and of St. Clement in the parish of Deptford-Strond, etc."
Author: EnglandTransactions of the Greenwich Antiquarian Society with Abstract of Proceedings, Papers, Rules, List of Members, Etc
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Category : Greenwich (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Bibliotheca Cantiana
Author: John Russell SmithPublisher:
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Category : Kent (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Bibliotheca Cantiana: a Bibliographical Account of what Has Been Published on the History, Topography, Antiquities ... of the County of Kent
Author: John Russel SmithBibliographical Collections and Notes (1474-1700)
Author: William Carew HazlittPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
Author: Theresa LevittPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393733947
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
“Combin[es] matters of biography, science, engineering, technology, art, history, economics and politics seemingly effortlessly and definitely seamlessly. An excellent book and a joy to read.”—Henry Petroski, Wall Street Journal Augustin Fresnel (1788–1827) shocked the scientific elite with his unique understanding of the physics of light. The lens he invented was a brilliant feat of engineering that made lighthouses blaze many times brighter, farther, and more efficiently. Battling the establishment, his own poor health, and the limited technology of the time, Fresnel was able to achieve his goal of illuminating the entire French coast. At first, the British sought to outdo the new Fresnel-equipped lighthouses as a matter of national pride. Americans, too, resisted abandoning their primitive lamps, but the superiority of the Fresnel lens could not be denied for long. Soon, from Dunkirk to Saigon, shores were brightened with it. The Fresnel legacy played an important role in geopolitical events, including the American Civil War. No sooner were Fresnel lenses finally installed along U.S. shores than they were drafted: the Union blockaded the Confederate coast; the Confederacy set about thwarting it by dismantling and hiding or destroying the powerful new lights. Levitt’s scientific and historical account, rich in anecdote and personality, brings to life the fascinating untold story of Augustin Fresnel and his powerful invention.
Hard in the Extreme! Shewn in the behaviour of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, towards a widow their sister
Author: John ATKINSON (Wine Merchant.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to English Topography
Author: William UpcottPublisher: London : Printed by R. and A. Taylor
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Category : Bibliotheca topographica britannica
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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