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22 relations: Argand lamp, Board of Trade, Catoptrics, Charles II of England, City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, Commissioners of Irish Lights, County Dublin, Diaphone, Dioptrics, Dublin, Electric beacon, George Halpin, Howth Head, Ireland, John Richardson Wigham, Lighthouse, List of lighthouses in Ireland, National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Paddle steamer, PS Queen Victoria (1838), Republic of Ireland, Robert Reading.
Argand lamp
The Argand lamp, a kind of oil lamp, was invented and patented in 1780 by Aimé Argand.
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Board of Trade
The Board of Trade is a British government department concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade.
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Catoptrics
Catoptrics (from κατοπτρικός katoptrikós, "specular", from κάτοπτρον katoptron "mirror") deals with the phenomena of reflected light and image-forming optical systems using mirrors.
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Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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City of Dublin Steam Packet Company
The City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was a shipping line established in 1823.
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Commissioners of Irish Lights
The Commissioners of Irish Lights (Irish: Coimisinéirí Soilse na hÉireann) is the body that serves as the General Lighthouse Authority for the island of Ireland plus its adjacent seas and islands.
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County Dublin
County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or Contae Átha Cliath) is a county in Ireland.
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Diaphone
The diaphone is a noisemaking device best known for its use as a foghorn: It can produce deep, powerful tones, able to carry a long distance.
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Dioptrics
Dioptrics is the study of the refraction of light, especially by lenses.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.
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Electric beacon
In navigation, an electric beacon (or electromagnetic beacon) is a kind of beacon, a device which marks a fixed location and allows direction finding equipment to find relative bearing, the direction to the beacon.
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George Halpin
George Halpin (Sr.) (1779? – 8 July 1854), was a prominent civil engineer and lighthouse builder, responsible for the construction of much of the Port of Dublin, several of Dublin's bridges, and a number of lighthouses; he is considered the founding father of the Irish lighthouse service.
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Howth Head
Howth Head (Ceann Bhinn Éadair in Irish) is a peninsula northeast of Dublin City in Ireland, within the governance of Fingal County Council.
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Ireland
Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.
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John Richardson Wigham
John Richardson Wigham (15 January 1829 – 16 November 1906) was a prominent lighthouse engineer of the 19th century.
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Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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List of lighthouses in Ireland
This is a list of lighthouses in Ireland.
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National Maritime Museum of Ireland
The National Maritime Museum of Ireland (Músaem Mhuirí Náisiúnta na hÉireann) opened in 1978 in the former Mariners' Church in Haigh Terrace, near the centre of Dún Laoghaire town, southeast of Dublin city.
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Paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or riverboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water.
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PS Queen Victoria (1838)
PS Queen Victoria was a paddle steamer built for the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company in 1838 and wrecked in 1853 with the loss of more than 80 passengers and crew.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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Robert Reading
Sir Robert Reading, first and last Baronet Reading, (c. 1640 – c. March 1689) built several privately owned lighthouses in Ireland under letters patent from Charles II of England.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baily_Lighthouse
