Fresnel lighthouse lens Flashcards

1
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lens specs

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3rd order lens
beam could be seen 17 miles away

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lens history

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installed in Bolivar Point Light Station, Galveston, TX
survived a hurricane August 1915 that swept away most of Bolivar Point

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3
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Fresnel lens history

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invented 1822 by Augustin Fresnel, of French Commission on Lighthouses

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4
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Fresnel lens order

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Hyper-Radial, largest
eighth order, smallest

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