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A 'house upon a rock: the story of the building of the Bell Rock lighthouse
Landsborough Books
1997
The story of how Robert Stevenson built a lighthouse on the infamous Bell, or Inchcape, Rock. Signed by the author on the half-title page.
Light and water: a study of reflexion and colour in river, lake and sea
George Bell and Sons
1903
A scientific introduction to the subject of the reflexions and colours seen in the water.
The lighthouse Stevensons: the extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
HarperCollinsPublishers
1999
A study of how four generations of the same family designed and built ninety-seven lighthouses around the coast of Scotland. Signed by the author on the title page.
The third man: the life and times of William Murdoch 1754-1839 : the inventor of gas lighting
Andre Deutsch
1992
A biography of William Murdoch who worked for William Boulton and James Watt and invented gaslighting.
The universe of light
G. Bell & Sons Ltd
1936
A popular introduction to light based on a series of Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.
