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THE great advances made during the past few years in the science of illumination have rendered it desirable, or rather absolutely necessary, that experiments should be undertaken with a view to the determination of the advantages and disadvantages attending the use of different illuminants in lighthouses. With this view the Corporation of Trinity House have commenced a series of experiments at the South Foreland.
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The Trinity House Experiments on Lighthouse Illuminants . Nature 30, 362–363 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030362a0
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