Lost Sounds: The Story of fog Signals [Audiobook] download free by Alan Renton
- Listen audiobook: Lost Sounds: The Story of fog Signals
- Author: Alan Renton
- Release date: 2001/8/24
- Publisher: WHITTLES PUBLISHING
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9781870325837
- Rating: 9.22 of 10
- Votes: 580
- Review by: Estrella Kerr
- Review rating: 9.92 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/16
- Duration: 2H47M51S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-13
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, Apple Lossless, MPC, MPEG4 (compression AZW3, TAR.BZ, TAR.XZ, ZIP, CBC, RAR)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 24 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 18M26S (4.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: Lost Sounds visits a number of lighthouses at different times over the last 130 years to reveal the philanthropic, scientific and romantic story of the fog signal - how it came about, how the machinery worked and, for the mariner and the keeper, what it sounded like! The development of fog signals complemented the expansion of lighthouse construction worldwide from the last quarter of the 19th century and represented the attempt to provide a vital navigation aid to mariners when the beam of light from the lighthouses lens was obscured by fog. Lost Sounds reveals the practical development of sound signals from the early percussion instruments to the later succession of compressed-air sirens and diaphones through to the last remaining electric emitters. However, it is much more than that - it is a record of another part of maritime history.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Maritime History, Transportation Books, Sailing, Ships & Shipping, Marine Engineering, Navigation & Seamanship
- Download servers: Torlock, FreakShare, Dropbox, Google Drive, MegaCloud, Uploaded, Degoo, Torrent, Mediafire. Compressed in AZW3, TAR.BZ, TAR.XZ, ZIP, CBC, RAR
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 26.76 USD
- Dimensions: 185.9x225.6x11.4mm
- Weight: 476.28g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Caithness, United Kingdom
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