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Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Civil engineers
ISBN : OCLC:1392107432
Author : Bella Bathurst
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780062094742
For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks. Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished by rain. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later. In this engrossing book, Bella Bathhurst reveals that the Stevensons not only supervised the construction of the lighthouses under often desperate conditions but also perfected a design of precisely chiseled interlocking granite blocks that would withstand the enormous waves that batter these stone pillars. The same Stevensons also developed the lamps and lenses of the lights themselves, which "sent a gleam across the wave" and prevented countless ships from being lost at sea. While it is the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson that brought fame to the family name, this mesmerizing account shows how his extraordinary ancestors changed the shape of the Scotland coast against incredible odds and with remarkable technical ingenuity.
Author : Robert Stevenson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752430561
Reproduction of the original: An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House by Robert Stevenson
Author : Robert Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Civil engineers
ISBN : NLS:B000063986
Author : Jeremy Hodges
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781912387151
When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, he did not dedicate it to his wife Fanny, despite her crucial role in persuading him to burn the first draft and write a new version that became an instant best-seller. Instead he wrote a dedication to his cousin, Mrs Katharine de Mattos. Why did Stevenson link Katharine with this dark tale of duality, and what role did she play in its creation? In Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde, Jeremy Hodges tells the story of the cousins' close relationship, from childhood romance to bitter estrangement in later life.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : EAN:4064066058319
"Records of a Family of Engineers" is a story of the Robert Louis Stevenson's family and their accomplishments in the area of lighthouse engineering, focused on the author's grandfather Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), who was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses. The author traces the history and the name of the Stevenson family from the thirteenth century onwards, and discusses his ancestors through to Robert Stevenson. In the second and the third chapter, Robert Louis Stevenson thoroughly describes his grandfather's involvement with the Northern Lighthouse Board, where Robert Stevenson served as engineer for nearly fifty years, until 1842, during which time he designed and oversaw the construction and later improvement of numerous lighthouses, including the Bell Rock Lighthouse, which is one of his most famous works.
Author : J. M. Campbell
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781465506689
In consequence probably of my connection of more than fifty years with the Northern Lighthouse Board, and of the almost equally long service of my father, I have been requested, and with much diffidence have complied with the request, to write, by way of Introduction to these very interesting and instructive “Notes from the Bell Rock,” a few words regarding Lighthouses, and a short account of the Northern Lighthouse Service and its Lightkeepers. My love for that service, and the esteem I have for those responsible and patient watchmen of the night, whose duty it is to keep their lights burning to guard the mariner from some of the dangers to which he is exposed, and to guide him on his way over the vasty deep, may possibly enable me to say something to interest readers of the Notes in a service whose appropriate motto is “In Salutem Omnium.” The origin, as well as the early history, of lighthouses is involved in much obscurity, although we learn from ancient writers that lights of some sort, or beacon fires, were used for guiding vessels or warning them of danger at least three hundred years before the Christian era. The Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos of Alexandria are those that we first read of, but very little authentic information is to be got regarding them. At a much later date we know that sea lights for such purposes were produced by the burning of wood and coal in chauffers on coasts where they could be well seen. One such beacon fire was shown from a tower on the Isle of May, at the entrance to the Firth of Forth, from the year 1635 till 1816, when the present lighthouse was built, and is supposed to have been the first sea light on the coast of Scotland. It is not unlikely, however, that long before that date some of the most dangerous parts of the Mediterranean were lighted in a like primitive manner. The first lighthouse of any note of which we have authentic record is the Tour de Corduan, near the mouth of the river Garonne, in the south-west of France, which was founded in 1584, but not completed and lighted till 1610. On account of the style and grandeur of its architecture, it was long regarded as one of the wonders of the world, the Pharos of Alexandria having been regarded as another. Its lightroom was originally constructed for the combustion of wood in a kind of chauffer raised six feet above the floor of the lantern; but it has undergone many alterations and improvements since then, to bring it into keeping with the progressing and modern system of lighthouse illumination, which has made great strides during the last half-century.
Author : William Gray
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443830508
In part a sequel to his earlier Death and Fantasy, William Gray’s Fantasy, Art and Life: Essays on George MacDonald, Robert Louis Stevenson and Other Fantasy Writers examines the ways in which “Life” in its various senses is affirmed, explored and enhanced through the work of the creative imagination, especially in fantasy literature. The discussion includes a range of fantasy writers, but focuses chiefly on two writers of the Victorian period, George MacDonald and Robert Louis Stevenson, whose Scottish (and particularly Calvinist) backgrounds deeply affected their engagement with what MacDonald called “The Fantastic Imagination.”
Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Lighthouses
ISBN : UGA:32108049174223
Author : William Laxton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X002129466
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : PRNC:32101076055548
Author : Eliakim Littell,Robert S. Littell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2894876
Author : Ray Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781493001705
A wealth of facts and history fill this beautifully designed armchair and reference book. This single volume, packed with full-color and vintage photos, contains everything a lighthouse lover or maritime historian wants to know about lighthouse history, changing technologies, lighthouse keepers, and the lenses themselves. A detailed index of more than 150 lighthouses around the world offers quick and easy access to basic information—know the height, age, elevation, optic type and status for every lighthouse! An appendix listing lighthouse groups nationwide makes it easy to see these historic treasures, visit museums and get involved with preservation. See how the appearance or location of lights has changed over time. Read about the historical contributions made by Augustin Fresnel, Winslow Lewis and Stephen Pleasanton, and learn about breakwater lights, caissons, lightships, mercury baths, daymarks and clamshell lenses. The most complete reference book on lighthouses—which won a Benjamin Franklin book design award in hardcover—is finally available in paperback. Ray Jones is a leading authority on lighthouses and the author of more than 14 books and countless magazine articles on American history. He lives in Pebble Beach, California.
Author : Ray Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781493001712
A wealth of facts and history fill this beautifully designed armchair and reference book. This single volume, packed with full-color and vintage photos, contains everything a lighthouse lover or maritime historian wants to know about lighthouse history, changing technologies, lighthouse keepers, and the lenses themselves. A detailed index of more than 150 lighthouses around the world offers quick and easy access to basic information—know the height, age, elevation, optic type and status for every lighthouse! An appendix listing lighthouse groups nationwide makes it easy to see these historic treasures, visit museums and get involved with preservation. See how the appearance or location of lights has changed over time. Read about the historical contributions made by Augustin Fresnel, Winslow Lewis and Stephen Pleasanton, and learn about breakwater lights, caissons, lightships, mercury baths, daymarks and clamshell lenses. The most complete reference book on lighthouses—which won a Benjamin Franklin book design award in hardcover—is finally available in paperback. Ray Jones is a leading authority on lighthouses and the author of more than 14 books and countless magazine articles on American history. He lives in Pebble Beach, California.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112110906812