Lighthouse Commission
Organization
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Correspondence on Lighthouse Commission, 1860 - 1861
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/326
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Professor M. Faraday, Dr Gladstone, the Revd R. Main, Herbert Airy and others on the Lighthouse Commission. The volume includes a pamphlet on lighthouse lenses; a model 'to illustrate the effect of the Rotating Prisms at the Calais Light House', with two photographs of the model; a questionnaire from the Royal Commission on Light-Houses; and a proof report from the said commission.
Dates:
1860 - 1861
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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