ContentsContents.BOOK I.ANCIENT HISTORY OF LIGHTHOUSES.I.The Fire-towers of the Mediterranean,9II.The Pharos of Alexandria,17III.The “Tour d’Ordre” of Boulogne,30IV.The Tower at Dover,38V.The Colossus of Rhodes,43BOOK II.THE SCIENCE OF LIGHTHOUSES.I.How they are Administered,49II.Geographical Distribution of Lighthouses,62III.The Illuminating Apparatus of Lighthouses,68IV.The Interior of a Lighthouse,95BOOK III.LIGHTHOUSES OF GREAT BRITAIN.I.The Story of the Eddystone:A. D.1696, 1706, 1759,108II.The Smalls Lighthouse,133III.The Bell Rock,A. D.1807–1811,139IV.The Skerryvore Lighthouse,171V.North Unst, 1854.—Sunderland, 1841,181VI.Lighthouses on the English Coast,180BOOK IV.LIGHTHOUSES IN FRANCE.I.The Tour de Cordouan,212II.The Lighthouses of Cape La Hève,224III.The Lighthouse of the Héaux of Bréhat,233IV.The Grand Barge d’Olonne,A. D.1861,245V.The Lighthouses of Walde, the Enfant Perdu, and New Caledonia,A. D.1859—1863—1865,249BOOK V.THE AUXILIARIES OF LIGHTHOUSES.I.Floating Lights: Lightships,253II.Landmarks, Beacons, and Buoys,264BOOK VI.LIFE IN THE LIGHTHOUSE.I.The Lighthouse-keepers,276APPENDIX.I.A List of Lights on the British and Irish Coasts,289II.A Night in a Lightship,312Index,315
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BOOK I.ANCIENT HISTORY OF LIGHTHOUSES.I.The Fire-towers of the Mediterranean,9II.The Pharos of Alexandria,17III.The “Tour d’Ordre” of Boulogne,30IV.The Tower at Dover,38V.The Colossus of Rhodes,43BOOK II.THE SCIENCE OF LIGHTHOUSES.I.How they are Administered,49II.Geographical Distribution of Lighthouses,62III.The Illuminating Apparatus of Lighthouses,68IV.The Interior of a Lighthouse,95BOOK III.LIGHTHOUSES OF GREAT BRITAIN.I.The Story of the Eddystone:A. D.1696, 1706, 1759,108II.The Smalls Lighthouse,133III.The Bell Rock,A. D.1807–1811,139IV.The Skerryvore Lighthouse,171V.North Unst, 1854.—Sunderland, 1841,181VI.Lighthouses on the English Coast,180BOOK IV.LIGHTHOUSES IN FRANCE.I.The Tour de Cordouan,212II.The Lighthouses of Cape La Hève,224III.The Lighthouse of the Héaux of Bréhat,233IV.The Grand Barge d’Olonne,A. D.1861,245V.The Lighthouses of Walde, the Enfant Perdu, and New Caledonia,A. D.1859—1863—1865,249BOOK V.THE AUXILIARIES OF LIGHTHOUSES.I.Floating Lights: Lightships,253II.Landmarks, Beacons, and Buoys,264BOOK VI.LIFE IN THE LIGHTHOUSE.I.The Lighthouse-keepers,276APPENDIX.I.A List of Lights on the British and Irish Coasts,289II.A Night in a Lightship,312Index,315