Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF THE LIGHTHOUSE

CHAPTER II BUILDING A LIGHTHOUSE

CHAPTER III THE LIGHT AND ILLUMINANTS

CHAPTER IV FOG-SIGNALS

CHAPTER V THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE

CHAPTER VI SOME FAMOUS LIGHTS OF ENGLAND

CHAPTER VII THE BELL ROCK AND SKERRYVORE LIGHTS

CHAPTER VIII THE LONELY LIGHTS OF SCOTLAND

CHAPTER IX THE FASTNET, THE OUTPOST OF EUROPE

CHAPTER X LIGHTHOUSES BUILT ON SAND

CHAPTER XI SOME LIGHT PATROLS OF THE FRENCH COAST

CHAPTER XII THE GUARDIAN LIGHTS OF CANADA'S COAST

CHAPTER XIII THE MINOT'S LEDGE LIGHT

CHAPTER XIV THE TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHT-STATION

CHAPTER XV THE COAST LIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES

CHAPTER XVI THE LAMP-POSTS OF THE GREAT LAKES OF NORTH AMERICA

CHAPTER XVII THE MOST POWERFUL ELECTRIC LIGHTHOUSES OF THE WORLD

CHAPTER XVIII SOME LIGHTHOUSES IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS

CHAPTER XIX THE SIGNPOSTS OF THE SANDBANKS

CHAPTER XX A FLAMING SENTINEL OF THE MALACCA STRAITS

CHAPTER XXI UNATTENDED LIGHTHOUSES

CHAPTER XXII FLOATING LIGHTHOUSES

CHAPTER XXIII THE LIGHT-KEEPER AND HIS LIFE

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

Transcriber’s Note
Cover created by Transcriber, using an illustration from the original book, and placed in the Public Domain.

LIGHTSHIPS AND LIGHTHOUSES

CONQUESTS OF SCIENCE

LIGHTSHIPS AND
LIGHTHOUSES

BY
FREDERICK A. TALBOT
AUTHOR OF

“MOVING PICTURES,” “RAILWAY CONQUEST OF THE WORLD,”
“THE STEAMSHIP CONQUEST OF THE WORLD,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1913

Printed in England.