Buoys and lights
Date
1823
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Library reference
24758
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 253mm
width (print): 305mm
width (print): 305mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Six figures of maritime safety devices including chained buoys with bells and lighthouse illuminations with bells and gongs.
Plate 4 from Saggio di osservazioni sui mezzi atti a migliorare la construzione e l'illuminazione dei Faro con appendice sull' illuminazione dei Fari col gas by Giovanni Aldini (Milan, 1823).
Not signed. The plate has an accompanying descriptive key. Two scales in ‘Paris feet’.
Giovanni Aldini (1762-1834) Italian physicist, is best-known for his experiments in galvanism but was also a pioneer in the field of lighthouse engineering.
Plate 4 from Saggio di osservazioni sui mezzi atti a migliorare la construzione e l'illuminazione dei Faro con appendice sull' illuminazione dei Fari col gas by Giovanni Aldini (Milan, 1823).
Not signed. The plate has an accompanying descriptive key. Two scales in ‘Paris feet’.
Giovanni Aldini (1762-1834) Italian physicist, is best-known for his experiments in galvanism but was also a pioneer in the field of lighthouse engineering.
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