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Description: | Includes memorandum & extracts regarding Augustin-Jean Fresnel written in French (1822); two copies of report 'Commission des Phares' written in French, one copy with a map showing positions of French lighthouses (1825); extracts from Drummond's 'Illumination of Lighthouses' (1830); extracts from Transactions of Royal Society of Edinburgh (1831) and Sir David Brewster's paper (1825); extracts from 'Du Perfectionements des Phares en France' written in French (1833); extracts from Fresnel's book on lenticular lights written in French (1835); report on Select Committee on Lighthouses (1836); letters from secretary of Institution of Civil Engineers to James Timmins Chance (1859 - 1868) and copies of papers read to Institution of Civil Engineers (1863 - 1867); Memo by James Timmins Chance and extracts from books and publications on optical matters (1865); extracts from Reynard's book on lighthouses written in French (1866); corrected proofs of James Timmins Chance's paper 'On Optical Apparatus in Lighthouses' (1867); letters of thanks for copies of paper (1867 - 1871); and James Timmins Chance's calculations (1866 - 1879) | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Archives | Rights holder: | Sandwell Archives | Subjects: | Optical glass Gorgeous Glass Lighthouses | Temporal: | 1822 - 1879 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Chance Brothers Lighthouse Works | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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