“has a working fresnel lens”
damn!
Source: theverge.com
(via Fresnel lens | Wikipedia)
A Fresnel lens is a type of composite compact lens originally developed by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788–1827) for lighthouses.[1][2] It has been called "the invention that saved a million ships."[3]
The design allows the construction of lenses of large aperture and short focal length without the mass and volume of material that would be required by a lens of conventional design. A Fresnel lens can be made much thinner than a comparable conventional lens, in some cases taking the form of a flat sheet. A Fresnel lens can capture more oblique light from a light source, thus allowing the light from a lighthouse equipped with one to be visible over greater distances.
Source: Wikipedia
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benefits of living in a lighthouse
- no fake friends, just real friends (the only ones who’ll come out to your godforsaken lighthouse to hang)
- lots of stairs so u dont need a gym membership
- when u look out the window and sigh mournfully it’s Cinematic Depression not just regular depression
- minimum requirements: 1 large dog, 17 cable-knit sweaters, 1 mysterious but tragic past, 2 pair fingerless wool gloves
- increased likelihood of mermaid encounters
- effortless windswept look, complemented by soft lantern glow
- free salt scrub
Sure, just beware of the undead pirates and you’re all set.
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At the Shore by Earl Oliver Hurst
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(Poster advertising release of) Caleb West, Master Diver, a novel published in 1898 by Francis Hopkinson Smith (and) was the best selling book in the United States in 1898. Illustrations by Malcolm Fraser and Arthur I. Keller.
The book is based on Smith’s experience in the building of the Race Rock Light near Fishers Island, New York in the 1870s.
…adapted into a silent film in 1912, and a 1920 silent film called Deep Waters. +
March 1944. "Children playing on the roof of the Lighthouse, an institution for the blind, at 111 East 59th Street, New York." Photo by Richard Boyer for the Office of War Information. View full size.
Source: shorpy.com
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International Women’s Day Spotlight: Ida Lewis
Ida Lewis was born Idawalley Zorada Lewis-Wilson on February 24, 1842 in Newport, Rhode Island, and would become a renowned figure of heroism in her work as a lighthouse keeper at Lime Rock Light off of Newport.
Her father was appointed keeper of Lime Rock Light in 1854, and moved his family there in 1857. But four months after this, her father was disabled due to a stroke, so Ida and her mother kept the lighthouse. As Lime Rock was surrounded by water, Ida became an excellent swimmer and could deftly maneuver a rowboat by a young age.
She made her first rescue as age 12, but her most famous rescue was on March 29, 1869. Two soldiers and a young boy were trying to navigate the harbor toward Fort Adams when their boat capsized. Unfortunately the young boy was lost, but the two men clung to their boat in the icy water. Ida dragged them into her rowboat with the help of her younger brother, saving their lives.
She is credited with 18 rescues over the course of her 54 year long career at Lime Rock Light, but other reports suggest it could be higher. She was covered often in the press, and received numerous honors and awards, including the Gold Lifesaving Medal.
Lewis made her last recorded rescue when she was 63. A friend was rowing out to the lighthouse, stood up in her boat, lost her balance, and fell into the water. Lewis rowed out to her and hauled her aboard.
In 1879 she was officially appointed the keeper at Lime Rock Light, and she spent most of her life there. When she died in 1911, the bells of all vessels in Newport harbor rang for her, and over 1,400 people attended her funeral. Lime Rock was officially renamed Ida Lewis Rock in 1924.
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Jean Jacques François’ lens, built in 1842-43 for Skerryvore lighthouse (Scotland)
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