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Definition of Lightships
1. lightship [n] - See also: lightship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lightships
Literary usage of Lightships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Merchant Service: Being a History of the British Mercantile by R. J. Cornewall-Jones (1898)
"THEKE are two distinct systems employed for the illumination of lighthouses and
lightships, one of which is known as the catoptric, or the reflector system, ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1904)
"... at Lighthouses and lightships, 1880-1887. Is submitting this, which, according
to the intimation more than once previously given, your Committee intend ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1874)
"STATEMENT of Expenditure in connection with the construction of Lighthouses,
lightships, Steam Fog Whistles, <fcc., &c. 0. STATEMENT of Expenditure in ..."
4. Page's Engineering Weekly (1904)
"lightships AND FOG-SIGNALS. AT a. meeting of the Institute of Marine ... Bells of
two tons weight and Chinese gongs were at one time used on lightships, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"... Burner—Pintsch System—lightships—Suspension of Floating Lights—Luminous Beacons
and Lighthouses—Incandescent Burners—Light Concentration—Reflectors and ..."
6. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Harbour Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1908)
"... Burner—Pintsch System—lightships—Suspension of Floating Lights—Luminous Beacons
and Lighthouses—Incandescent Burners—Light Concentration—Reflectors and ..."
7. The Legislative Powers of the Commonwealth and the States of Australia: With by John Quick, Australia (1919)
"Lighthouses, lightships, beacons and buoys. LEGISLATION. LIGHTHOUSES (FISHER-HUGHES)
ACT 1911. The Commonwealth Government is empowered to make an agreement ..."
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