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An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House: Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses — John Shaqi

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An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House: Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses

Name: An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House: Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses
Author: Stevenson, Robert

Stevenson, Robert

Bell Rock Lighthouse (Scotland); Lighthouses -- Scotland

The Light-keepers get their turns of liberty on shore. Letter
 from Mr Forrest to the writer. Effects of the Sea on the
 building. State of the Railways and Wharfs. Remarkable force
 of the Sea in lifting a large piece of lead. Direction of the
 Seas which have the greatest effect upon the Light-house.
 Comfortable state of the building. Qualifications of the
 Light-keepers. Mr Forrest leaves them in full possession of
 the house.                                                       406-410

 Progress of Ulterior works. Lord Boyle and a party land at
 the Rock. Boats suitable for landing there. Bruce’s “two-half
 Boat.” Light-house stove takes fire. Sprays rise to the
 height of the Light-room. Advantage of double windows.           411-413

 1812. Light-house excites much interest. Sir William Rae
 and Mr Duff, visit the Rock. The Beacon is taken down, and
 removed from the Rock. Mode of securing timber against
 the Oniscus insect. Light-house encounters another gale.
 Remarkable shock of the Sea. Professor Robison’s opinion on
 this subject. State of the Sea from which the Frontispiece is
 delineated. It overruns the Rock at low-water. Mode in which
 the Light is attended.                                           414-416

 1813. Establishment of the Light-keepers at Arbroath
 completed. Signals observed at the Rock. Thunder-rod. Method
 of fixing it.                                                    417-418

 1814. A party of the Commissioners, with Sir Walter Scott,
 visit the Light-house.                                               419

 1815. Permanent Railways begun to be fitted up. Lord
 President Hope visits the Rock.                                      419

 1816. Pharos Tender built. Exterior of Light-house painted.          419

 1818. Fuci disappear from the Rock.                                  420

 1819. Permanent Railways completed. Improved Access to the
 Light-house by a brazen ladder. Sprays rise 105 feet. A piece
 of the highest part of the rock carried away by the violence
 of the Sea.                                                          421

 1820. Improvements on the Light-house. Inner door of brass,
 &c.                                                                  421

 1821. A new Machine for taking up the Stores. Mr John Reid
 retires from the Light-house service on half-pay.                    421

 1822. Light-house Works and Model completed. Design for Wolf
 Rock.                                                                422

 1823. Severe Storm. Carrier-pigeons sent from the Rock.
 Expence of the Work. Cubic contents of the Materials.                423




 APPENDIX.


                                                                     Page
 No I. Additional Light-houses proposed on the Coast.
 Light-Keepers’ Instructions. Rations of Provisions at the
 Bell Rock. Monthly, and Ship-wreck Returns.                      425-437

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An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House: Including the Details of the Erection and Peculiar Structure of That Edifice; to Which Is Prefixed a Historical View of the Institution and Progress of the Northern Light-Houses

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