Optics and Wheels: a Story of Lighting from the Primitive Torch to the Sealed Beam Headlamp
Published by General Motors Corporation, Detroit, 1940
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Seller: Bookshop Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Bookshop Baltimore
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2001
Condition: Used - Good
£ 7.00
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31 pages. Booklet shows the scientific facts of optics and light. A history - from Torches to Tungsten to Research and Vision. Includes Manipulating Light, Bending Light Rays, Sealed Beam Headlamps, Tail and Stop Lights, Fog and Auxiliary Lights, Research and Vision, etc. Illustrated with photos and drawings.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Optics and Wheels: a Story of Lighting from the Primitive Torch to the Sealed Beam Headlamp
- Author
- Ralph A. Richardson
- Publisher
- General Motors Corporation, Detroit
- Publication year
- 1940
- Condition
- G
- Binding
- Booklet
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Paul J. Woolf, photo; E. W. Scanes, cover and drawings
- Edition
- Third Printing.
Bookshop Baltimore
Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2001
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