| Edmund March Blunt - 1822 - 600 pages
...where the monument formerly stood ; the edifice is stone, contains a fixed light, elevated 32 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen, in clear weather, 6 or 7 leagues. Two other buildings are erected near it ; one for a dwelling house ; the other for... | |
| 1843 - 886 pages
...long. 12° '--' 36" of Greenwich, one league North of Falkenberg is now completed, and provided with a lenticular apparatus, having a fixed light, which...and the light 95 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen, in clear weather, at 3} German mil • distant. — Shipping Gaxette, Oct. 18. SUEZ... | |
| 1861 - 736 pages
...from her the last buoy will bear NbW three eighths of a mile. Tlie lightship carries her light 20 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen in clear weather at the distance of 2} miles. CHABTS, tfc., Published by the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, to the end... | |
| Great Britain. Hydrographic Department, Martin White - 1835 - 354 pages
...Cape Clear Island is in 51° 24' 56" north latitude, and in 9° 29' 8" west longitude. It is 459 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen in clear weather 8 leagues. The light therein revolves as at Scilly. There are two small inlets to the Island, one on... | |
| John Purdy - 1839 - 294 pages
...light is stationary or fixed, and the southern is a revolving light. Both lights are elevated 250 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen, in clear weather, from 40 miles off. The lighthouses bear N. 23° W. and S. 23° E. from each other, and the distance... | |
| John Walker (geographer to the East India company.) - 1844 - 210 pages
...Cape Clear Island is in 51° 24' 56" north latitude, and in 9° 29' 8" west longitude. It is 455 feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen in clear weather 8 leagues. The light therein revolves as at Seilly. There are two small Coves in the Island, one on... | |
| Freeman Hunt - 1845 - 624 pages
...Rocks, and distant therefrom one cable's length. It is a bright revolving light, thirty-seven feet above the level of the sea ; and may be seen, in clear weather, at a distance of ten miles from a ship's deck. From this light, the compass bearings are — Whittle,... | |
| 1845 - 604 pages
...Rocks, and distant therefrom one cable's length. It is a bright revolving light, thirty-seven feet above the level of the sea ; and may be seen, in clear weather, at a distance of ten miles from a ship's deck. From this light, the compass bearings are — Whittle,... | |
| 1845 - 604 pages
...therefrom one cable't length, due north,.(by compass.) It is a bright revolving light, thirty-seven feet above the level of the sea, and may be seen, in clear weather, at a distance of ten miles from a ship's deck. It will be lighted at sunset all the year round, and extinguished... | |
| New seaman's Guide - 1847 - 476 pages
...Morup Tange, ill latitude 5fi° 55' 12" north, and longitude 12° 22' 36" east, and provided with a lenticular apparatus, having a fixed light, which...and the light 95 feet above the level of the sea; aud may be seen, in clear weather, 15 miles. From hence to the island of Tylo, a distance of nearly... | |
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