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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The art or science of directing the course of ships by means of light-signals from the shore.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.

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  • noun The study of lighthouses, or other forms of light-signalling.

Etymologies

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From Latin Pharos or its source Ancient Greek Φάρος + -logy.

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  • The scientific study of lighthouses and signal lights.

    "Pharology" is first recorded in 1847 in the Transactions of the

    Royal Society of Arts of London. The author of the paper noted that

    it had been "first introduced by the late Mr Purdy". This otherwise

    unsung gentleman must have had in mind the famous lighthouse, one

    of the seven wonders of the ancient world, that was erected around

    280BC on the island of Pharos, off the coast of Alexandria

    July 26, 2008

  • That's phar-out, man!

    July 27, 2008

  • The scientific study of lighthouses and signal lights.

    "Pharology" is first recorded in 1847 in the Transactions of the

    Royal Society of Arts of London. The author of the paper noted that

    it had been "first introduced by the late Mr Purdy". This otherwise

    unsung gentleman must have had in mind the famous lighthouse, one

    of the seven wonders of the ancient world, that was erected around

    280BC on the island of Pharos, off the coast of Alexandria

    July 12, 2009