Lighthouses
['laithaus-,hauziz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Lighthouse
Edited by Henry
Examples
- From the towering lighthouses of our coasts its beams are thrown seaward, and a beacon for the mariner shines beyond all other lights. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Lighthouses are also distinguished from those of preceding centuries by the substitution of iron and cast steel for masonry. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The same light was introduced in French lighthouses in December, 1863, and also in the work on the docks of Cherbourg. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The _lighthouses_ of the century, in masonry, do not greatly excel in general principles those of preceding ones, as at Eddystone, designed by Smeaton. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1817 his process was applied to Beaver Tail Lighthouse on the Atlantic coast--the first use of illuminating gas in lighthouses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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