From the towering lighthouses of our coasts its beams are thrown seaward, and a beacon for the mariner shines beyond all other lights. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Lighthouses are also distinguished from those of preceding centuries by the substitution of iron and cast steel for masonry. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
The same light was introduced in French lighthouses in December, 1863, and also in the work on the docks of Cherbourg. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
The _lighthouses_ of the century, in masonry, do not greatly excel in general principles those of preceding ones, as at Eddystone, designed by Smeaton. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
In 1817 his process was applied to Beaver Tail Lighthouse on the Atlantic coast--the first use of illuminating gas in lighthouses. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.