Levitt, Theresa. <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393068795 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013001565 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Fresnel, Augustin Jean, 1788-1827. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lighthouses--History.<br/>Fresnel lenses--History.<br/>Physicists--France--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>VK1015  / .L48 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>623.89/42  B