Lightships And Lighthouses
By Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
Length12h 22m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "Ever since the earliest days of the great conquest of the air, first by the dirigible balloon and then by the aeroplane, their use in time of war has been a fruitful theme for discussion. But their arrival was of too recent a date, their many utilities too unexplored to provide anything other than theories, many obviously untenable, others avowedly problematical. Yet the part airships have played in the Greatest War has come as a surprise even to their most convinced advocates. For every expectation shattered, they have shown a more than compensating possibility of usefulness. In this volume an endeavour has been made to record their achievements, under the stern test of trial, as an axiom of war, and to explain, in untechnical language, the many services to which they have been and may be applied. In the preparation of the work I have received assistance from many sources—British, French, Russian and German—from official reports and from men who have played a part in the War in the Air. The information concerning German military aircraft has been obtained from Government documents, most of which were placed at my disposal before the outbreak of war. The use of aircraft has changed the whole art and science of warfare. With its disabilities well in hand, with its strength but half revealed, the aerial service has revolutionised strategy and shorn the unexpected attack of half its terrors. The Fourth Arm is now an invaluable part of the complex military machine."
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length12 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1LIGHTSHIPS
2PREFACE
3CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF THE LIGHTHOUSE
4CHAPTER II BUILDING A LIGHTHOUSE
5CHAPTER III THE LIGHT AND ILLUMINANTS
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6CHAPTER IV FOG-SIGNALS
7CHAPTER V THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE
8CHAPTER VI SOME FAMOUS LIGHTS OF ENGLAND
9CHAPTER VII THE BELL ROCK AND SKERRYVORE LIGHTS
10CHAPTER VIII THE LONELY LIGHTS OF SCOTLAND
11CHAPTER IX THE FASTNET, THE OUTPOST OF EUROPE
12CHAPTER X LIGHTHOUSES BUILT ON SAND
13CHAPTER XI SOME LIGHT PATROLS OF THE FRENCH COAST
14CHAPTER XII THE GUARDIAN LIGHTS OF CANADA’S COAST
15CHAPTER XIII THE MINOT’S LEDGE LIGHT
16CHAPTER XIV THE TILLAMOOK ROCK LIGHT-STATION
17CHAPTER XV THE COAST LIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES
18CHAPTER XVI THE LAMP-POSTS OF THE GREAT LAKES OF NORTH AMERICA
19CHAPTER XVII THE MOST POWERFUL ELECTRIC LIGHTHOUSES OF THE WORLD
20CHAPTER XVIII SOME LIGHTHOUSES IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
21CHAPTER XIX THE SIGNPOSTS OF THE SANDBANKS
22CHAPTER XX A FLAMING SENTINEL OF THE MALACCA STRAITS
23CHAPTER XXI UNATTENDED LIGHTHOUSES
24CHAPTER XXII FLOATING LIGHTHOUSES
25CHAPTER XXIII THE LIGHT-KEEPER AND HIS LIFE
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