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• Our Seamarks: A Plain Account of the Lighthouses, Lightships, Beacons, Buoys, and Fog-Signals Maintaned on Our Coasts for the Guidance of Mariners (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1884), by E. Price Edwards (multiple formats at Google; US access only)
• Les phares (L. Hachette et cie., 1867), by Léon Renard and Jules Noël (page images at HathiTrust)
• Light list; Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States ... (Washington., between 1000 and 1999), by United States Coast Guard, United States Lighthouse Service, and United States Light-House Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide des marins pendant la navigation nocturne, ou, Description générale des phares, fanaux, etc. : construits pour la sureté de la navigation (Hector Bossange, 1829), by Phillippe Jean Coulier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from the report of Her Britannic Majesty's commissioners, appointed to inquire into the condition and management of lights, buoys, and beacons. Submitted March 5, 1861 ... Republished for the use of the U.S. Light-house establishment. (Gov't Print. Off., 1871), by Buoys Great Britain. Royal Commission on Lights and United States Light-House Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• On international conventions for the maintenance of sea-lights. (Printed by W. Clowes and sons, 1879), by Travers Twiss (page images at HathiTrust)
• List of light-houses, lighted beacons, and floating lights of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts of the United States <1862>- (Government Printing Office., in the 19th century), by United States Light-House Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wide area Differential Global Positioning System design issues study. (U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Engineering, Logistics, and Development ;, 1995), by Len Sheynblat, Peter Loomis, Tysen Mueller, U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center, Logistics United States. Coast Guard. Office of Engineering, and TAU Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il faro di Alessandria, secondo un testo e disegni arabi inediti da codici milanesi Ambrosiani. (Socit́é de publications égyptiennes, 1921), by Ugo Monneret de Villard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Alumbrado y valizamiento de las costas de Espanã. (Imprenta nacional, 1858), by Spain. Comisión de faros and Spain. Ministerio de Fomento (page images at HathiTrust)
• Faros de las costas occidentales de Europa desde el estrecho de Gibraltar hasta Bélgica en 1⁰. de agosto de 1879. (Depósito hidrográfico, 1879), by Spain. Dirección de Hidrografía (page images at HathiTrust)
• Telegraphing among the ancients (University Press, 1890), by Augustus C. Merriam (page images at HathiTrust)
• List of lights, buoys, beacons, and day marks of the Philippine Islands ... (Manila, in the 20th century), by Philippines. Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Navigation Division, Philippines. Bureau of Commerce and Industry, Philippines. Bureau of Customs, Philippines. Bureau of navigation, and Philippines. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fernsprech- und meldewesen im altertum, mit besonderer berücksichtigung der Griechen und Römer. [Progr.] (Schweinfurt, 1904), by Hans Fischl (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Pacific coast of the United States. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1913), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific coast of the United States. Buoy list, Alaska. Sixteenth lighthouse district (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1912), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)

• Opisanīe morskikh predosteregatelʹnykh znakov po Si︠e︡vernomu Ledovitomu okeanu i Bi︠e︡lomu mori︠u︡. (Tip. Morskogo ministerstva., 1899), by Russia. Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlenīe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Opisanīe morskikh predosteregatelʹnykh znakov po Chernomu i Azovskomu mori︠a︡m, ri︠e︡kam i limanam. (Tip. Morskogo ministerstva., 1902), by Russia. Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlenīe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Opisanīe morskikh predosteregatelʹnykh znakov po Finskomu i Rizhskomy zalivam, Baltīĭskomu mori︠u︡ i Moonzundu. (Izd. Glavnago Gidrograficheskago upravlenīi︠a︡., 1869), by Russia. Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlenīe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Opisanīe morskikh predosteregatelʹnykh znakov po Chernomu i Azovskomu mori︠a︡m, ri︠e︡kam i limanam. (Tip. Morskogo ministerstva., 1902), by Russia. Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlenīe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Pacific coast of the United States. (U. S. Govt. print off., 1914), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific coast of the United States. Buoy list, California. Eighteenth lighthouse district (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1912), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)

• Opisanīe morskikh predosteregatelʹnykh znakov po Kaspīĭskomu mori︠u︡. (Tip. Morskogo ministerstva., 1899), by Russia. Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlenīe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Testimony of mariners regarding the efficiency of the automatic acetylene gas buoys & beacons (International Marine Signal Co., 1908), by International Marine Signal Co (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Instruction sur l'organisation et la surveillance du service des phares et fanaux de côtes de France. (Imprimerie royale, 1842), by France. Administration générale des ponts et chaussées et des mines (page images at HathiTrust)

• Buoy list, Great lakes, United States. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1922), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Telegraphing among the ancients (University Press, 1890), by Augustus C. Merriam (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pacific islands of the United States. (Govt. print. off., 1911), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific islands of the United States. Buoy list, Hawaii and other islands. Nineteenth lighthouse district (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1911), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses and United States Lighthouse Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Coast Lighting in the Netherlands East Indies: Published by the "Scheepvaart" Service at Batavia on the Occasion of the International Exhibition at San Francisco in 1915 (Weltevreden: Filiaal Albrecht and Co., 1914), by Dutch East Indies Hoofdbureau van Scheepvaart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Atlantic coast of the United States. Buoy list, coast of Massachusetts. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1911), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of Boston light, with some account of the beacons in Boston harbor (Priv. print., 1911), by Fitz-Henry Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• Estado de la iluminacion y abalizamiento en las costas de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos en 30 de junio de 1907. (Tip. de la Direccion general de telegrafos, 1907), by Mexico. Dirección general de faros (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Gulf coast of the United States. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1928), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gulf coast of the United States. Local light and buoy list, including lights, fog signals, buoys, and daymarks, gulf coast, Key West to the Rio Grande, Puerto Rico and adjacent U. S. islands. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1932), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gulf coast of the United States. (U. S., Govt. print. off., 1911), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)

• Atlantic coast of the United States. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1928), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pacific coast of the United States. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1928), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific coast of the United States. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1914), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific coast of the United States. Local light list including lights, fog signals, buoys, and daymarks, California and Oregon, including Columbia river. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1928), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific coast of the United States. Buoy list, Oregon and Washington. Seventeenth lighthouse district (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1912), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific coast of the United States. Local light list including lights, fog signals, buoys, and daymarks, Washington to Alaska, including British Columbia. Sixteenth and seventeenth lighthouse districts ... (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1928), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific coast of the United States. Local light list including lights, fog signals, bouys, and daymarks, California and Oregon, including Columbia river. Seventeenth and eighteenth lighthouse districts ... (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1928), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)

• List of lights, buoys, beacons, and day marks of the Philippine Islands ... (Manila, in the 20th century), by Philippines. Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Navigation Division, Philippines. Bureau of Commerce and Industry, Philippines. Bureau of Customs, Philippines. Bureau of navigation, and Philippines. Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Unit production cost of the radar beacon transponder (RBX) (Federal Aviation Administration, Program Engineering & Maintenance Service ;, 1982), by K. Peter, W. Lovelace, A. P. Schust, ARINC Research Corporation, and United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Systems Research and Development Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• West Indies of the United States. Buoy list, Porto Rico and other islands. (Govt. print. off., 1911), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bearings of the various lights and marks with reference to the new channel between Montreal & Quebec as communicated to the Trinity House of Montreal by the Harbour Commissioners, on the 28th October, 1859. (Published by order of the Trinity House of Montreal, 1859), by Harbour Commissioners of Montreal and Trinity House of Montreal (page images at HathiTrust)

• Opisanīe mai͡akov, bashen i znakov Rossīĭskoĭ Imperīi po beregam Kaspīĭskago mori͡a. (Ispr. po 1-e i͡anvari͡a 1908 goda) (Tip. Morskogo ministerstva, 1908), by Russia. Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlenīe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Opisanīe mai︠a︡kov, bashen i drugikh predosteregatelʹnykh dli︠a︡ moreplavateleĭ znakov Rossīĭskoĭ Imperīi. ([s.n.], 1840), by Russia. Glavnoe gidrograficheskoe upravlenīe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Pacific islands of the United States. (Govt. print. off., 1911), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pacific islands of the United States. Buoy list, Hawaii and other islands. Nineteenth lighthouse district (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1911), by United States Bureau of Light-Houses and United States Lighthouse Service (page images at HathiTrust)

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