 | 1842 - 608 pages
...erection at Gibraltar, being now nearly completed, notice is hereby given, that the light therein will be exhibited for the first time on the evening of the 1st of August next, and thenceforth continued every night from sunset to sunrise. Mariners are to observe,... | |
 | New seaman's Guide - 1847 - 476 pages
...distance of 2$ German (10 English) miles, within 101 degrees of the horizon, viz.: — W. by S., as in as NNE Both lights were exhibited for the first time...principal exports are ship-timber, hemp, flax, and com, hides, tallow, bristles, feathers, wax, and Lithuanian yarn. If you are bound from the Gulf of... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1855 - 806 pages
...light-house has been erected at Bass River, on the north side of Vineyard Sound, and the light will be exhibited for the first time on the evening of the 1st of May next, and on each succeeding day from sunset to sunrise. The apparatus is of the 5th order, fixed,... | |
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Both lights were exhibited for the first time on the evening of the 1st of October, 1844, and are kept burning from sun-set to sun-rise. 