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Calendar of Discovery and Invention

Nature volume 120, page 570 (1927)Cite this article

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October 16, 1759.—The building of Smeaton's Eddystone lighthouse, accupied the summers of 1756–1759, and the light was first exhibited on Oct. 16, 1759. The lighting apparatus consisted of 24 candles hold in bronze frame.

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S., E. Calendar of Discovery and Invention. Nature 120, 570 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120570a0

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