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Lightships and Lighthouses

by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Origin of the Lighthouse
  3. 3Chapter II — Building a Lighthouse
  4. 4Chapter III — The Light and Illuminants
  5. 5Chapter IV — Fog-Signals
  6. 6Chapter V — The Eddystone Lighthouse
  7. 7Chapter VI — Some Famous Lights of England
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Bell Rock and Skerryvore Lights
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The Lonely Lights of Scotland
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Fastnet, the Outpost of Europe
  11. 11Chapter X — Lighthouses Built on Sand
  12. 12Chapter XI — Some Light Patrols of the French Coast
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Guardian Lights of Canada’s Coast
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Minot’s Ledge Light
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Tillamook Rock Light-Station
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Coast Lights of the United States
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Lamp-Posts of the Great Lakes of North America
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Most Powerful Electric Lighthouses of the World
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Some Lighthouses in Australian Waters
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Signposts of the Sandbanks
  21. 21Chapter XX — A Flaming Sentinel of the Malacca Straits
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Unattended Lighthouses
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Floating Lighthouses
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — The Light-Keeper and His Life

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