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'Bidston Lighthouse and Signals', c 1771.
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Picture number:10307442
Credit:Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
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Caption:
Illustrated plate taken from William Hutchinson's 'A Treatise on Naval Architecture' (1794). The original Bidston Lighthouse was built on Bidston Hill, the Wirral, Merseyside, in 1771. Hutchinson designed this reflector measuring over 4 metres in diameter for the lighthouse. It was made of silvered glass and lit by an oil light. Hutchinson had experimented with signal reflectors for several years, erecting a reflecting mirror at the Bidston signal station as early as 1763, but this represents the first illustration of a lighthouse signal reflector.
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Artist: Hutchinson, William
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In Collection of: Science & Society Picture Library
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Subject(s) > Transport > Navigation
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A treatise on naval architecture founded upon philosophical and rational principles
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