Pharology is the study of what?
Pharology the lighthouses. More recently, pharology has re-appeared as an obscure or niche area of expertise that focuses on lighthouses and signal lights that surpasses hobby interests. Patrick Barkham of The Guardian noted the association with trainspotters, but Vikki Gilson of Trinity House noted that a wide spectrum of interest in lighthouses is shared by both young and old. Pharology Pharology is the scientific study of lighthouses and signal lights, their construction and illumination. The variation "pharonology" is occasionally attested. Those who study or are enthused by lighthouses are known as pharologists. The term originally began as pharonology and is prevalent
Pharology a figure, sublime or ridiculous, in our books of sailing directions". The term, pharology, first appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Arts of London in 1847 and credited its coinage as "being first introduced by the late Mr [John] Purdy". "A description and list of the lighthouses of the world, 1861" also makes the same claim noting that the term is used to describe the study of modern lighthouses from the 1800s. The term also comes from "Pharos". In the 1860s the term's usage was equated to lighthouse engineering including the structure and optical systems used in