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In the 1530s, the ''pila pira'' returned as more permanent stone and wooden structures. This new style of lighthouses also included living quarters and were called "posidofan" meaning Poseidon's lamp in Istroyan. They were not built to any specifications but were often over 10 meters tall, with a semi-covered platform for the fire. What was notable about Burgoignesc ''posidofan'' the was the use of parabolic mirrors to intensify the light from the fire. This coupled with the higher fire platform made the Burgoignesc trade ports much easier to find than their mainland counterparts and again made Burgoignesc ports, specifically Vilauristre, the ports of choice for traders from Audonian and the Punthite powers looking to do business with Levanita. | In the 1530s, the ''pila pira'' returned as more permanent stone and wooden structures. This new style of lighthouses also included living quarters and were called "posidofan" meaning Poseidon's lamp in Istroyan. They were not built to any specifications but were often over 10 meters tall, with a semi-covered platform for the fire. What was notable about Burgoignesc ''posidofan'' the was the use of parabolic mirrors to intensify the light from the fire. This coupled with the higher fire platform made the Burgoignesc trade ports much easier to find than their mainland counterparts and again made Burgoignesc ports, specifically Vilauristre, the ports of choice for traders from Audonian and the Punthite powers looking to do business with Levanita. | ||
The design remained largely unchanged until the 1780s when | The design remained largely unchanged until the 1780s when whale oil from the Sea of Nordska became available to the Burgoignesc market. At first considered a luxury item, the oil soon flooded the marketplace. Enterprising whale oil importers petitioned princlings to convert the ''posidofan'' at NordHalle and Vilauristre to the new substance. The smaller storage requirement allowed offshore lighthouses to be resupplied less frequently, the consistency of the burn was notably better than wood fires and the brightness of the flame was considerably better. By 1835 most of the Burgoignesc ''posidofan''had been converted to whale oil, at great personal expense to the crown. This also led the term "whale oil salesman", a Burgoignesc term meaning: a shrewd, perhaps disingenuous, business persona as the crown was often approached by merchants purporting to be Nordskan oil merchants and selling them fish oil or other substances. | ||
=== Modern Lighthouses === | === Modern Lighthouses === | ||