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    Hyper-radial or hyperradiant Fresnel lenses are Fresnel lenses used in lighthouses. They are larger than "first-order" lenses, having a focal length (radius)...
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    A Fresnel lens (/ˈfreɪnɛl, -nəl/ FRAY-nel, -⁠nəl; /ˈfrɛnɛl, -əl/ FREN-el, -⁠əl; or /freɪˈnɛl/ fray-NEL) is a type of composite compact lens which reduces...
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    Commissioners of Irish Lights, who operate the lighthouse, replaced the hyperradiant Fresnel lens optic with a flashing LED system that uses only solar power. This...
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    Lighthouse (section Lens)
    order lenses. Some lighthouses, such as those at Cape Race, Newfoundland, and Makapuu Point, Hawaii, used a more powerful hyperradiant Fresnel lens manufactured...
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    1908, the lighthouse was improved with the installation of a hyperradiant Fresnel lens manufactured by the English company Chance Brothers. The management...
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    designed to house the large Hyperradiant Fresnel lenses that became available at the end of the 19th century. Four of these lenses were used in Sri Lankan...
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    at the fair was a hyperradiant Fresnel lens – the largest size ever made, "off the chart" of sixth through first Order. This lens was on hand when it...
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    The exhibition includes large Fresnel lenses, with special emphasis on a panel the former Hyperradiant Fresnel lens of the Berlenga Lighthouse that...
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    Light First lit 1 February 1811  Focal height 28 m (92 ft)  Lens hyperradiant Fresnel lens  Intensity 1,900,000 candela  Range 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)  Characteristic...
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    45 s First lit 1 November 1892  Focal height 80 m (260 ft) Lens hyperradiant Fresnel lens  Light source engine generator Intensity 204,000 cd Range 22 nmi...
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    29-metre-tall (95 ft) concrete tower and a light with a massive hyperradiant Fresnel lens made by Chance Brothers in England. Its optic emitted a one million...
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    designed to house the large Hyperradiant Fresnel lenses that became available at the end of the 19th century. Four of these lenses were used in Sri Lankan...
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    installing a flashing lens apparatus. The hyperradiant fresnel lens gave one flash every fifteen seconds and was visible for 25–27 miles. The lens was designed...
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    within a revolving array of extra large hyperradiant Fresnel lenses (consisting, on each level, of five pairs of lens panels, displaying two white flashes...
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    designed to house the large Hyperradiant Fresnel lenses that became available at the end of the 19th century. Four of these lenses were used in Sri Lankan...
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    Board Heritage category A listed building  Focal height 34 m (112 ft) Lens "hyperradiant" Fresnel lens Range 21 nmi (39 km) Characteristic Fl (2) W 15 s...
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    was designed to accommodate a hyper-radial optic, the largest type of Fresnel lens available. Made up of six bullseye panels, and manufactured by F. Barbier...
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  • of a handful of lighthouses in the world equipped with a giant hyperradiant Fresnel lens. It also boasted a new diaphone or compressed-air fog horn, a...
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    a paraffin lamp, subsequently converted to electricity. The original Fresnel lens is now in the nearby Gairloch Heritage Museum. The fog siren gave 4 blasts...
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    2016) Light First lit November 1889 Focal height 46 m (151 ft) Lens hyperradiant Fresnel lens  Range 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi) Characteristic Fl W...
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    is an optical device made in France, from 1926. The lighthouse has a drum lens, made from forty-three prismatic crystals. Poland portal Engineering portal...
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    category A listed building  Light Focal height 40 metres (130 ft) Lens hyperradiant Fresnel lens  Range 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) Characteristic Fl W...
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    monument  Light First lit 1889 Focal height 73 metres (240 ft) Lens hyperradiant Fresnel lens  Range 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) Characteristic LFl W...
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    rare Early Iron Age bronze hoard found in Poolewe The original Hyperradiant Fresnel lens from nearby Rua Reidh Lighthouse A Replica croft house from over...
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  • Hyperon Hyperplane Hyperpolarizability Hyperpolarization (physics) Hyperradiant Fresnel lens Hypersonic effect Hypersonic speed Hypersonic wind tunnel Hyperspace...
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    Northern Lighthouse Board Light Focal height 41 metres (135 ft) Lens hyperradiant Fresnel lens  Intensity 788,000 candela  Range 24 nautical miles (44 km;...
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    Northern Lighthouse Board  Light Focal height 40 m (130 ft)  Lens hyperradiant Fresnel lens  Range 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)  Characteristic Fl(3) W 30s ...
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    company founded in 1862, specializing in the manufacture of spotlights, Fresnel lenses for lighthouses, and lighting systems. It was the world's leading producer...
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  • 309917°N 157.649750°W / 21.309917; -157.649750 1909 1974 Active Hyperradiant Fresnel 420 420 ft (130 m) Moloka'i Light Molokai 21°12′34.5″N 156°58′10...
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