Transcriber’s Note
Cover created by Transcriber, using an illustration from the original book, and placed in the Public Domain.

LIGHTSHIPS AND LIGHTHOUSES

By permission of Messrs. Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd.

THE 43,000,000 CANDLE-POWER BEAMS THROWN FROM THE HELIGOLAND LIGHTHOUSE.

Being projected from a height of 272 feet above the sea, the beacon has a range of 23 miles, and on a clear night the rays are seen from Büsun, 35 miles away.

Frontispiece.


CONQUESTS OF SCIENCE

LIGHTSHIPS AND
LIGHTHOUSES