Section of Lenticular Light of the 4th Order with Lantern – Antique Wall Art
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Section of Lenticular Light of the 4th Order with Lantern comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Section of Lenticular Light of the 4th Order with Lantern
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Lenses like this one were the heart of the lighthouse revolution. The title names a "lenticular" section of fourth order, a size of Fresnel lens, which means its glass was cut into concentric rings of prisms and curved lenses that bent the lamp's flame into a tight, powerful beam. Fourth-order lenses were mid-sized optics, typically used at harbor entrances and coastal stations where a strong light was needed but a giant first-order lens was not. Mounted inside a brass-framed lantern, the lens let a relatively small lamp throw its light many miles out to sea, saving ships from wrecks on dangerous shoals and headlands.
| Original scan | 1,167 × 1,595 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif09390_Sectionoflenticularlightthe4th |
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