Otto H Schade (4 results)

Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. Oblong hardcover, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. The bottom corner of the front wrap is stained with some tiny chips. Pages 97-212. Photographic illustrations, diagrams & tables. There is a small stain to the bottom corner of the inside front wrap with progressively smaller stains to the bottom corners of the first few leaves The item has a slight musty odor. Good. Parts I and II of the paper were published in earlier issues of the Journal. Part III runs from page 97 to page 164 of this issue.Otto H.Schade [1903-1981] was a noted televison pioneer, best known for his work on evaluating the gradation, graininess and sharpnesss in film and television images, and for his aperture theory that mathematically modeled the system performance of photographic lenses, films, television tubes and electrical circuits. Born in Germany, Schade emigrated to the United States in 1926. In 1931 he joined the Radio Corporation of America [RCA] where he worked for the rest of his career. From 1944-1957 he developed a unified theory of image analysis and specification, including practical methods for measuring the optical transfer function and noise in optical, photographic and electronic imaging systems. He received 85 patents and numerous awards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards in green buckram stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Boards are a little rubbed; minor blemish on rear cover. Previous owner's name at foot of ffep. Underlining throughout and a bit of marginalia. Illustrated with 48 pages of historic photographs, on plates. 262 pages. Thirteen essays on the history of the German Baptists of North America, that cover a variety branch activities. Beginning with the founding of the earliest churches in the 1840s, it covers the period on up through the 1930s. …