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Lost Sounds by Alan Renton (2001, Trade Paperback)

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About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherWhittles Publishing LTD

ISBN-101870325834

ISBN-139781870325837

eBay Product ID (ePID)4894996

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

Publication NameLost Sounds

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

SubjectNavigation, Sailing, Maritime History & Piracy

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaTransportation, Sports & Recreation, History

AuthorAlan Renton

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight7 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition21

Number of Volumes4 vols.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal623.8/94

Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisLost Sounds visits a number of lighthouses at different times over the last 130 years to reveal the philanthropic, scientific and romantic story of the fog signal - how it came about, how the machinery worked and, for the mariner and the keeper, what it sounded like! The development of fog signals complemented the expansion of lighthouse construction worldwide from the last quarter of the 19th century and represented the attempt to provide a vital navigation aid to mariners when the beam of light from the lighthouses lens was obscured by fog. Lost Sounds reveals the practical development of sound signals from the early percussion instruments to the later succession of compressed-air sirens and diaphones through to the last remaining electric emitters. However, it is much more than that - it is a record of another part of maritime history., Lost Sounds visits a number of lighthouses at different times over the last 130 years to reveal the philanthropic, scientific and romantic story of the fog signal - how it came about, how the machinery worked and, for the mariner and the keeper, what it sounded like The development of fog signals complemented the expansion of lighthouse construction worldwide from the last quarter of the 19th century and represented the attempt to provide a vital navigation aid to mariners when the beam of light from the lighthouses lens was obscured by fog. Lost Sounds reveals the practical development of sound signals from the early percussion instruments to the later succession of compressed-air sirens and diaphones through to the last remaining electric emitters. However, it is much more than that - it is a record of another part of maritime history.