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Daball'b Kn Whibtlb at Bbavsr Tail.—The inventor hat plawl one of hit machine* at Beiver Tail Light, some »ix ur seven milet from Nawp*»fl, and »ale arrangements with lh« keeper of that light to blow the whistle during f**ga when the New Y. rk steamers are coning in or g ing out. This Light house stands on the aotilh po nl of ( onnaoicut island, and being di-lecily expnerd to the sea ia *«*ry noisy, cause I b) the heavy surf ns it break* in ujon the rocka ; owing tii ihia ciicohtsianco it was tend that the bell, which waa placed them a lew year* amce, failed to he of any service, a* 'I could not he heard ; but the eiperimenta which hare already been uiade with the fog whittle at this point ea tihliehea the fart that the eound can be dietinctly heard at a diatance of seven mi lea. It waa heard at the Long Wharf during the fog laM week, by a number of gentlemen, it waa alao heard two nuiea up the river by mhos Packet Masters. Of one thing there seems now to be no difference of opinion, since all know, and realize the fact, a w hia'le, such at ia used by luctnno-lives, and steemers, i* always heard very much farther than even our largest Church Della, and aa U is found that an ia better to blow the wh atle than steam, it ealablieliea the invention of Mr. Daba'I on a vary aura basis. Every nieana that w ill aerva to leased the delays now to frequently eipenen-ced by travellers by gating into the fog, or in pieventing collisions to fr quent at sea, during such times, ia worthy of the highest consideration at tha hands of those who shape the courses for us.
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Herald of the Times
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Thu, Sep 26, 1850
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