The Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson Tapa blanda - 2000
de Bella Bathurst; Harpercollins Publishers Ltd
While it is the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson that has brought fame to his family name, the author gives this account of how his ancestors changed the shape of the eastern Scotland coast by designing and supervising the construction of lighthouses. Illustrations.
Primera línea
Captain George Manby had reached the age of forty without having contributed significantly to life.
Descripción de contraportada
For centuries the seas around Scotland were notorious for shipwrecks. Mariners' only aids were skill, luck, and single coal-fire light on the east coast, which was usually extinguished by rain. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established, with Robert Stevenson appointed as chief engineer a few years later. In this engrossing book, Bella Bathhurst reveals that the Stevensons not only supervised the construction of the lighthouses under often desperate conditions but also perfected a design of precisely chiseled interlocking granite blocks that would withstand the enormous waves that batter these stone pillars. The same Stevensons also developed the lamps and lenses of the lights themselves, which "sent a gleam across the wave" and prevented countless ships from being lost at sea.
While it is the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson that brought fame to the family name, this mesmerizing account shows how his extraordinary ancestors changed the shape of the Scotland coast against incredible odds and with remarkable technical ingenuity.
Detalles
- Título The Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
- Autor Bella Bathurst; Harpercollins Publishers Ltd
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición First Printing
- Páginas 304
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Harper Perennial, New York
- Fecha de publicación 2000-11-07
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060932268 / 0060932260
- Peso 0.57 libras (0.26 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.1 x 5.38 x 0.71 pulgadas (20.57 x 13.67 x 1.80 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Scottish
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 99026174
- Dewey Decimal Code 623.894
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