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"Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse" by Alan Stevenson is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book details the construction and illumination of the Skerryvore Lighthouse, highlighting the complexities involved in erecting the structure on a treacherous rocky outcrop amidst severe Atlantic conditions. At the start of the volume, the author provides a prelude that underscores the challenges faced during the project, such as the urgency of building the lighthouse to ensure safety for mariners and the risks associated with the physical environment. The discussion includes acknowledgments of his predecessors and the context of the Lighthouse Board's establishment, emphasizing its critical role in enhancing maritime safety. Stevenson articulates the necessity of careful planning and the difficulties encountered during the initial surveys of the rock, setting the stage for a detailed exploration of both the engineering accomplishments and the technical innovations introduced in lighthouse illumination. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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• PREFACE.
• CONTENTS.
• APPENDIX.
• PLATES.
• ERRATA.
• PART FIRST.ACCOUNT OF THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE.
• CHAPTER I.TOPOGRAPHIC NOTICE OF THE SKERRYVORE ROCK.
• CHAPTER II.PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS AND WORKS, INCLUDING SURVEY OF THE ROCKS, AND OPENING OF QUARRIES, FROM 1834 to 1837.
• CHAPTER III.ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHTHOUSE TOWERS.
• Chapter 11
• CHAPTER IV.OPERATIONS OF 1838.
• Chapter 13
• CHAPTER V.OPERATIONS OF 1839.
• CHAPTER VI.OPERATIONS OF 1840.
• CHAPTER VII.OPERATIONS OF 1841.
• CHAPTER VIII.OPERATIONS OF 1842.
• CHAPTER IX.CONCLUDING OPERATIONS AND EXHIBITION OF THE LIGHT.
• Chapter 19
• PART SECOND.NOTES ON THE ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES, WITH SHORT NOTICES OF THEIR EARLY HISTORY.
• Chapter 21
• CATOPTRIC[39]SYSTEM OF LIGHTS.
• Chapter 23
• DIOPTRIC[50]SYSTEM OF LIGHTS.
• Chapter 25
• Chapter 26
• Chapter 27
• Chapter 28
• VARIOUS GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS CONNECTED WITH LIGHTHOUSES.
• Chapter 30
• APPENDIX.
• APPENDIX, No. I.TABLE OF CO-ORDINATES OF AN HYPERBOLIC COLUMN WHOSE DIAMETER AT THE TOP = 16 FEET, AT THE BASE = 42 FEET, AND HEIGHT = 120·25 FEET.
• APPENDIX, No. II.NOTES ON THE MANUFACTURE OF PARABOLOÏDAL REFLECTORS,from Information furnished by MrJames Murdoch, of the Northern Lights Service.
• APPENDIX, No. III.NOTES ON THE GRINDING OF THE VARIOUS PIECES COMPOSING THE INSTRUMENTS USED IN DIOPTRIC LIGHTHOUSES, CHIEFLY FROM NOTES FURNISHED BY M. THEODORE LETOURNEAU OF PARIS.
• Diagrams illustrative of theTable, Appendix, No. IV.
• APPENDIX, No. V.NOTICE TO MARINERS.—SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE.
• APPENDIX, No. VI.ACCOUNT OF THE EXPENSE OF ERECTING THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE AND OF THE SUBSIDIARY WORKS.
• APPENDIX, No. VII.EXCERPTS FROM AN ACCOUNT OF EXPERIMENTS UPON THE FORCE OF THE WAVES OF THE ATLANTIC AND GERMAN OCEANS.ByThomas Stevenson, F.R.S.E., Civil-Engineer, Edinburgh.(From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. XVI.)
• APPENDIX, No. VIII.LIST OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES, BEACONS AND BUOYS.FOR 1848.
• Chapter 40
• APPENDIX, No. IX.REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES, FOR THE YEAR 1846; WITH APPENDICES.By Alexander Cuningham, W.S., Secretary to the Board.
• Chapter 42
• Chapter 43
• APPENDIX, No. X.INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LIGHT-KEEPERS IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.
• Transcriber’s Notes
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
• Chapter 47

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