Inside front cover: Colour schemes: Making lighthouses visible by daylight For the safety of ships The earliest beacons The Pharos of Alexandria Roman lighthouses Monks, wreckers and the ‘Wolf’ The first rock lighthouse (Eddystone) / Winstanley’s two lighthouses More about the Eddystone A lighthouse on stilts A heroic deed: Grace Darling How lights developed More …
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Inside front cover: Ground plan of a typical cathedral Ground plan of a village church Periods of English Church Architecture Stories in Stone Saxon Churches Saxon Towers Norman Architecture Norman Walls and Towers Triforium and Clerestory Norman Roofs, Crypts and Windows Early English Architecture The Flying Buttress Pillars and Cloisters The Decorated Period The Great …
Inside front cover: How a rocket is propelled Sputnik 1 Three Stage Rocket for Satellite Launching Storybook Space-flight Fireworks and Weapons Driving the Rocket Escaping from the Earth Out into Space Round the Earth Space Rockets are Big Steering the Spaceship No Brakes on a Rocket The Astronaut in Flight Return to Earth Stations in …