Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of Lighthouses Rudyerd of London. On the 28th of July 1708, t] new light was first shown, and it continued to be reg larly exhibited till the year 1755, when the whole fair. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.