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SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE.
ACCOUNT OF THE SKERRYVORE LIGHTHOUSE, WITH NOTES ON THE ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES;
BY ALAN STEVENSON, LL.B., F.R.S.E., M.I.C.E., ENGINEER TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD.
“ΥΠΕΡ · ΤΩΝ · ΠΛΩΙΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ” Inscription on the Ancient Pharos of Alexandria.
BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES.
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE, EDINBURGH. LONGMAN AND CO., LONDON.
MDCCCXLVIII.
PRINTED BY NEILL AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH.