Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Lighthouse Illumination - A Case History in the Early Application of Electricity
- In
- Conference on The Protection of the Engineering Heritage, 1982, Brisbane, 9-12 May. Preprints of Papers
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 1982, pp. 56-60
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0858251647
- Abstract
A brief review of lighthouse illumination is given. This is followed by a description of the events surrounding various 19th century Commissions of Enquiry into the relative merits of oil, gas and electric illuminants. This is used to help explain why electric lighthouses were not fully accepted until after World War II.
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- The protection of the engineering heritage: Brisbane 9-12 May 1982: preprints of papers edited by Whitmore, R. L. (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1982), 102 pp. Details