Sentence examples for in lighthouses from inspiring English sources

On a large scale, Fresnel lenses have been used in lighthouses, floodlights, and traffic signals, and as cylindrical ship's lanterns.

Brewster was instrumental in persuading the British to adopt the lightweight, flat Fresnel lens for use in lighthouses.

The Fresnel lens is used particularly in lighthouses and searchlights to concentrate the light into a relatively narrow beam.

The limitations of purely visual navigation very early led to the idea of supplementary audible warning in lighthouses.

These are commonly found in lighthouses to magnify light in a way that would normally require a much larger, thicker lens.

Perhaps his most famous Steuben pieces were the Lens Bowls, designs of stepped, concentric circles, inspired by the Fresnel lenses produced by Corning Glass for use in lighthouses.

The same magic is worked with Mrs. Ramsay in "Lighthouse".

His wife knows folks involved in lighthouse restoration".

"Mr. Roberts was very influential in lighthouse preservation, and in a very New York way," he added.

Died on May 12, 2006 of a heart attack near his home in Lighthouse Point, Florida.

"You can live in Lighthouse Hill on a very grand scale," he said, "and also on a simple scale".