FLASHING LENSES ILLUMINATE THE WAY AT A MUSEUM OF LIGHTHOUSE ARTIFACTS

From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 23, 2005| Author: Ellen Albanese GLOBE STAFF | Copyright information

ROCKLAND, Maine - In the early 1800s, a Frenchman named Augustin Fresnel discovered that by breaking the solid piece of glass surrounding a lighthouse beam into pieces called prisms he could control the light's direction and greatly increase its range. Fresnel (freh-NELL) lenses became the standard for lighthouse illumination, and the ornate, multifaceted glass sculptures are as beautiful to look at today as they were to spy from a ship at sea more than 150 years ago.

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