C-1 PTOLEMY'S MIRROR
With reference to The Electric Mirror on the Pharos Lighthouse and Other Ancient Lighting illustrated above, The Midwest Book Review reported in 2006 :
"Painstakingly compiled and deftly edited by Larry Brian Radka, The Electric Mirror On The Pharos Lighthouse And Other Ancient Lighting offers an original, informative, and profusely illustrated in-depth study of the incredible lighthouse constructed by Sostras of Cnidos, as well as a serving as a complete reference to a multitude of many other outstanding electrical lighting accomplishments down through history. Guiding readers through a thoroughly documented history of lighting and towers ranging from the Eiffel Tower and its search lights, to the remarkable Washington Monument (the worlds tallest masonry structure unsupported by steel), The Electric Mirror On The Pharos Lighthouse And Other Ancient Lighting provides readers with an engaging and unique compendium of specialized information. The Electric Mirror On The Pharos Lighthouse And Other Ancient Lighting is very strongly recommended reading, both for its thoughtful analysis and its concise presentation focused upon a history of previously little known facts about the creation and use of lighthouses and lighted towers."
“Whenever, in the pride of some new discovery, we throw a look into the past, we find, to our dismay, certain vestiges which indicate the possibility, if not the certainty, that the alleged discovery was not totally unknown to the ancients,” declared Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, in Volume I of Isis Unveiled in 1871. “It is generally asserted that neither the early inhabitants of the Mosaic times, nor even the more civilized nations of the Ptolomaic period were acquainted with electricity. If we remain undisturbed in this opinion, it is not for the lack of proofs to the contrary.”
In an editorial titled "A Shocking Discovery" in the prestigious Journal of the Electrochemical Society, an electrical engineer for General Electric, Willard F. M. Gray, declared: "Electric batteries, 2000 years ago!!! Surprised? No need to be, really."
However, this is only part of the story! Larry, a retired Broadcast engineer, brings us the rest in his latest work, which also covers electric lighting in antiquity. His book, with several maps, over 200 high quality illustrations of ancient coins, bas-reliefs, and other hard evidence, along with the testimony of a multitude of ancient and modern authorities, presents a comprehensive history of the subject never before accomplished. His numerous footnotes, a dozen pages of endnotes, an extensive bibliography, photo appendix, and two indexes point to enough evidence to persuade even the most orthodox skeptic that the ancients possessed a vast amount of electrical technology.
"Whenever, in the pride of some new discovery, we throw a look into the past, we find, to our dismay, certain vestiges which indicate the possibility, if not the certainty, that the alleged discovery was not totally unknown to the ancients," wrote Madame H. P. Blavatsky, in Isis Unveiled, well over a hundred years ago. "It is generally asserted that neither the early inhabitants of the Mosaic times, nor even the more civilized nations of the Ptolemaic period were acquainted with electricity. If we remain undisturbed in this opinion, it is not for the lack of proofs to the contrary."
