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A short, bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse Cover Image Book Book

A short, bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse

Levitt, Theresa. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 039306879X (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9780393068795 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: print
    281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Dark and deadly shores -- Dreams of glory -- The flash of brilliance -- The dream of total refraction -- Race to perfection -- The American exception -- Everything recklessly broken -- The golden age.

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Subject: Physicists -- France -- Biography
Fresnel lenses -- History
Lighthouses -- History
Fresnel, Augustin Jean -- 1788-1827

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East Longmeadow Public Library 387.1 LEV (Text) 30595000842438 Second Floor Available -
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