A short bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse / Theresa Levitt.
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2013]Edition: First editionDescription: 281 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780393068795
- Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse
- 623.89/42 B 23
- VK1015 .L48 2013
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.