A short bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse /
Levitt, Theresa.
A short bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse / Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse Theresa Levitt. - First edition. - 281 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
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.
9780393068795
2013001565
Fresnel, Augustin Jean, 1788-1827.
Lighthouses--History.
Fresnel lenses--History.
Physicists--France--Biography.
VK1015 / .L48 2013
623.89/42 B
A short bright flash : Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse / Augustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse Theresa Levitt. - First edition. - 281 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
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.
9780393068795
2013001565
Fresnel, Augustin Jean, 1788-1827.
Lighthouses--History.
Fresnel lenses--History.
Physicists--France--Biography.
VK1015 / .L48 2013
623.89/42 B