Civil and mechanical engineer and physicist John Smeaton was born almost 300 years ago (June 8, 1724) in England. During his prolific career, Smeaton designed numerous lighthouses, bridges, canals and harbors, improving his nation’s transportation network, which was among the most developed in the world at that time.
According to Biography, Smeaton “transformed the handicraft of engineering into a profession by applying experimental science to architectural and mechanical problems.” Smeaton...
Norwegian maritime technology company Kongsberg Maritime has handed over a new Hugin autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to Italian survey company Lighthouse. The AUV is ..
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In the 1820s, Augustin Fresnel invented a new kind of lens and installed it in France’s Cordouan lighthouse. Suddenly, one lamp could light the way for sailors many miles out to sea, writes Adrienne Bernhard in an article published in BBC Travel.
That’s how lighthouses and harbour lights came into existence, changing the ways of shipping forever. BBC Travel’s latest article on ship invention chronicles this. Here’s an excerpt from that article.
“Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this...
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Alaska’s Hinchinbrook Island Light sits on a high cliff 235 feet above the ocean, at the SW corner of Hinchinbrook Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound. At this height, the horizon is 18 miles away and on a clear night, the light’s 15s flashing white beacon can be seen far out into the...