EDDYSTONE

ĕdˈĭstən, lighthouse, 135 ft (41 m) high, on dangerous rocks in the English Channel, S of Plymouth, SW England. It is the fourth lighthouse on the site (the first was begun in 1696) built between 1878 and 1882 and designed by James Douglas.

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books on: Eddystone  - 218 results

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Medicine, Magic, and Religion: The Fitzpatrick Lectures Delivered before the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1915 and 1916
Book by G. Elliot Smith, W. H. R. Rivers; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Magic, Medicine--Religious Aspects, Traditional Medicine
...functions, 5 ; leech distinct from priest in Eddystone Is., 41 ; Duke of York Is., 15 ; Eddystone Is., 30 , 39 ; rationality of leechcraft...development of medicine among, 67 massage, Eddystone Is., 92 ; Japan, 93 ; Kai, 77 ; Polynesia...
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture
Book by John H. Lienhard; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Creative Ability In Technology, Technology--Social Aspects
Oh, me father was the keeper of the Eddystone light, And he slept with a mermaid one...porgy and the other was me. Building the Eddystone light was a terrible job that greatly...Smeaton designed and built the third Eddystone lighthouse in 1759. He used a new kind...
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The Maritime History of Devon
Book by M. M. Oppenheim; University of Exeter Press, 1968
Subjects: Devon (England)--History, Naval
...but there are few references to the Eddystone until the expiration of the lease in...for Westons poverty, for in 1822 the Eddystone was producing a net revenue of more than...against their refusal to compensate the Eddystone lessees or to give a fresh lease. The...
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Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology
Book by Lance Day, Ian Mcneil; Routledge, 1998
Subjects: Inventions--History--Dictionaries, Inventors--Biography--Dictionaries, Technology--History--Dictionaries
In 1755 the second Eddystone lighthouse, on a reef some 14 miles...as a memorial to the engineer. The Eddystone lighthouse made Smeatons reputation...only completed A Narrative of the Eddystone Lighthouse , 1791, London. Further...
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From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry
Book by Albert J. Churella; Princeton University Press, 1998
Subjects: Locomotive Industry--United States--Management--History--20th Century
...construction of its massive new Eddystone facility during the first decade...106 Baldwin completed its move to Eddystone in 1929, just prior to the unanticipated...onset of the Great Depression. The Eddystone albatross subsequently crippled...
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journal articles on: Eddystone  - 15 results

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Proto-Oceanic * Mana Revisited
Journal article by Robert Blust; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Oceanians--Religious aspects, Pacific Islanders--Religious aspects
...i blessed; m-in-ana blessing; Eddystone/Mandegusu mana powerful, potent...and Crowley (2002) include Roviana, Eddystone, Varisi, and other languages of the...two consequences. First, Roviana and Eddystone preserve most POc final consonants in...
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Landscape, Violence and Social Bodies: Ritualized Architecture in a Solomon Islands Society
Journal article by Tim Thomas, Peter Sheppard, Richard Walter; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 7, 2001
Subjects: Anthropological research--Case studies, Architectural design--Social aspects, Symbolism in architecture--Models
...M. 1922. The cult of the dead in Eddystone of the Solomons. Journal of the Royal...1925. Medicine and witchcraft in Eddystone of the Solomon Islands. Journal of the...229-70. ----- 1931. Warfare in Eddystone of the Solomon Islands. Journal of the...
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The Political Economy of Coase's Lighthouse in History (Part Ii): Lighthouse Development along the Coast of China
Journal article by Lawrence W. C Lai, Stephen N. G Davies, Frank T. Lorne; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 79, 2008
Subjects: Economics, Free enterprise, International trade, Legislation, Light, Ports, Private enterprise, Public good
...groats (a kind of silver coin) (Hart-Davis and Troscianko, 2002, 101). In 1695, having lost several ships on the Eddystone Rock 14 miles south of Plymouth, Henry Winstanley obtained leave from the Trinity House to build a lighthouse, which took...
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The Electric Ariel: Telegraphy and Commercial Culture in Early Victorian England
Journal article by Iwan Rhys Morus; Victorian Studies, Vol. 39, 1996
Subjects: English Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, Great Britain--Civilization, Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901
...manufactured products. The Long Room had as its centerpiece a seventy-foot canal and reservoir, featuring a model of the Eddystone lighthouse and clockwork boats demonstrating the latest design for steam boats. The room was lined with working steam engines...
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The Economic Outlook for 2011
Journal article by Jack Malehorn; The Journal of Business Forecasting, Vol. 29, 2010
Subjects: Economic conditions, Economic forecasts, Economic growth, United States
...Jmalehorn@yahoo.com. PARTICIPANTS | Conf Board = Conference Board, New York, New York; Global Insight = Global Insight, Eddystone, Pennsylvania; GSU - EFC = Georgia State University, Economic Forecasting Center, Atlanta, Georgia; Moodys Economy...
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magazine articles on: Eddystone  - 11 results

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Mathematical Water Magic: An Exotic London Theatre Funded the Building of the First Eddystone Lighthouse. Alison Barnes Has Discovered What Kind of Shows It Staged
Magazine article by Alison Barnes; History Today, Vol. 58, October 2008
Subjects: Architects--Works, Theaters--Design and construction, Theaters--History, Winstanley, Henry--Works
...An Exotic London Theatre Funded the Building of the First Eddystone Lighthouse. Alison Barnes Has Discovered What Kind of Shows...had asked him to build the first-ever lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks. Down the centuries numerous ships had come to grief...
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New Light on Eddystone: Alison Barnes Reveals a New Discovery about the Eddystone Lighthouse: The First of Its Kind to Be Built on Rocks in the Sea
Magazine article by Alison Barnes; History Today, Vol. 55, September 2005
Subjects: Architects--Design and construction, Lighthouses--Design and construction, Lighthouses--History, Plymouth, England, Winstanley, Henry--Design and construction
New Light on Eddystone: Alison Barnes Reveals a New Discovery about the Eddystone Lighthouse: The First of Its Kind to Be Built...SOUTH-WEST of Plymouth lies the treacherous Eddystone reef, a collection of shark-tooth rocks upon...
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Museum News
Magazine article by Leonard J. Panaggio; Sea Classics, Vol. 31, November 1998
...creation of this series - it shows famed Eddystone Lighthouse, off Plymouth, celebrating...Evidently he lost two ships on the Eddystone rocks and went about building the beacon...lighthouses for many years. In 1960 The Eddystone Light was authored by Fred Majdalany...
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Asa's New Board Chair Introduces Three Programs for This Fall
Magazine article by Robyn L. Golden; Aging Today, Vol. 27, September 2006
Subjects: Aging, Chairman of the board, Conferences, Directors, Fund raising, Leadership, Meetings, Older people
...Corporation, Delaware County Office of Services for the Aging (Eddystone, Pa.), Easter Seals Society, IBM, National Indian Council...Colbert, Delaware County Office of Services for the Aging, Eddystone, Pa. (For a full list ASA board members, visit www.asaging...
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Detroit Scrap City
Magazine article by Matthew Wolfe; In These Times, Vol. 35, June 2011
Subjects: Abandonments, Cities, Detroit Michigan, Economic crisis, Living conditions, Scrap
...things are more dispiriting than watching your city loot itself. The carcasses of two of Detroits once poshest hotels, the Eddystone and the Royal Palm, loom over the citys Cass Corridor neighborhood like twin monoliths. In the light of the morning, the...
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newspaper articles on: Eddystone  - 56 results

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Inventor's Final Flight of Fancy; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 3, 2009
...an engineer who constructed the first Eddystone lighthouse. After he lost two of his ships on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth, he asked why...build a lighthouse himself. The first Eddystone Lighthouse was completed in November...
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One Last Lethal Flight of Fancy
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 3, 2009
...an engineer who constructed the first Eddystone lighthouse. After he lost two of his ships on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth, he asked why...build a lighthouse himself. The first Eddystone Lighthouse was completed in November...
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Inventor's Final Flight of Fancy
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 3, 2009
...an engineer who constructed the first Eddystone lighthouse. After he lost two of his ships on the Eddystone Rocks, near Plymouth, he asked why...build a lighthouse himself. The first Eddystone Lighthouse was completed in November...
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Most Dangerous Day of the Year; If Friday the 13th Fills You with Fear, You May Want to Stay in Bed Today Because November 27 Is The
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), November 27, 2006
...the 331st day of the year, so unlucky. 1703 The first Eddystone Lighthouse in Corn w all was destroyed in a storm. Owner...ceiling UNLUCKY: Clockwise from above left, Ross McWhirter, Eddystone Lighthouse, Pope Paul VI and Zsa Zsa Gabor ALAMY
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HIDDEN COASTS; from Sheer Shetland Cliffs That Sheltered War Heroes to a Search for Britain's Biggest Sharks, Don't Miss Neil Oliver's Amazing Series
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 5, 2007
...Tiger Moth bi-plane - a real thrill. "I also swam to the Eddystone Lighthouse and clambered up the treacherous rocks - a diver...around dangling 400 feet above the Atlantic. But I did swim to Eddystone Lighthouse and clamber up a treacherous rock CONQUERED CLIFFS...
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encyclopedia articles on: Eddystone  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Eddystone
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EDDYSTONE ed ist n, lighthouse, 135 ft (41 m) high, on dangerous rocks in the English Channel, S of Plymouth, SW England. It is the...
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Plymouth , City, England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...points of interest on the Hoe are the old Royal Citadel (17th cent.), the upper part of Smeatons lighthouse brought from Eddystone , an Armada memorial, and a naval war memorial. Also noteworthy are the marine-biological laboratories, the aquarium...
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Smeaton, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...engineering, as evidenced by a number of papers read before the Royal Society during this period. He rebuilt (1756 59) the Eddystone lighthouse and worked on the Forth and Clyde Canal, Ramsgate Harbour and many important bridges. Within 10 years he became...
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Cement
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...engineer, rediscovered the correct proportions when he made up a batch of cement using clayey limestone while rebuilding the Eddystone lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall, England. In the United States, production of cement at first relied on processing...


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