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100 1 _aLevitt, Theresa.
245 1 2 _aA short bright flash :
_bAugustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse /
_cTheresa Levitt.
246 3 0 _aAugustin Fresnel and the birth of the modern lighthouse
250 _aFirst edition.
263 _a1306
264 1 _aNew York :
_bW. W. Norton & Company,
_c[2013]
300 _a281 pages :
_billustrations, maps;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aDark 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.
600 1 0 _aFresnel, Augustin Jean,
_d1788-1827.
650 0 _aLighthouses
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFresnel lenses
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPhysicists
_zFrance
_vBiography.
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