Produced by Chris Curnow, Chris Jordan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS. [Illustration: EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE.] [Illustration] LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHTSHIPS: A DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THEIR MODE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION. BY W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS, AUTHOR OF “BURIED CITIES OF CAMPANIA,” “QUEEN OF THE ADRIATIC,” “EARTH AND SEA,” ETC. * * * * * With Illustrations from Photographs and other sources. * * * * * NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER AND CO. 1870. Illustrated Library of Wonders. PUBLISHED BY Messrs. Charles Scribner & Co., 654 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Each one volume 12mo. Price per volume, $1.50. * * * * * _Titles of Books._ _No. of Illustrations_ Thunder and Lightning, 39 Wonders of Optics, 70 Wonders of Heat, 90 Intelligence of Animals, 54 Great Hunts, 22 Egypt 3,300 Years Ago, 40 Wonders of Pompeii, 22 The Sun, by A. Guillemin, 58 Sublime in Nature, 50 Wonders of Glass-Making, 63 Wonders of Italian Art, 28 Wonders of the Human Body, 45 Wonders of Architecture, 58 Lighthouses and Lightships, 60 * Bottom of the Ocean, 68 * Wonders of Bodily Strength and Skill, 70 * Wonderful Balloon Ascents, 30 * Acoustics, 114 * Wonders of the Heavens, 48 * The Moon, by A. Guillemin, 60 * Wonders of Sculpture, 61 * Wonders of Engraving, 32 * Wonders of Vegetation, 45 * Wonders of the Invisible World, 97