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Photo By:
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Chris Mills
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Photo Caption:
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The glow of a kerosene lamp is refracted and magnified by a lens once used as a standby light at Betty Island, Nova Scotia. The 1910 annual Department of Marine and Fisheries Report refers to this “storm”-type lantern as a “Chance Anchor Lens Lantern.” Under the heading “Illuminating Apparatus” in the 1919 List of Lights it is described thus: Those (dioptric lenses) marked of the 7th order are anchor lenses or anchor lens lanterns of 5 inches focal distance.
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Story:
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Let There Be Light! ... And Sound!
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