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What is pharology (or pharanology)? What is the origin of the term?

Question #149189. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Mar 25 2023.
Originally posted Mar 25 2023 8:01 PM.

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The study of lighthouses comes from the island of Pharos on which one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the lighthouse of Alexandrian, was built.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharology#:~:text=The%20term%20stems%20from%20the,American%20Coasts%20and%20the%20West%2D

Mar 25 2023, 8:05 PM
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