Lengthening the day : a history of lighting technology /
By: Bowers, Brian
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Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998Description: xv, 221 p., 4 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0198565488 (hardcover); 9780198565482:.Subject(s): Lighting -- History | Lighting | Lighting -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 621.32 Summary: This thoroughly illustrated book traces developments in artificial light sources, from the oil lamps of antiquity, to present day high-technology electric lights and their effects on domestic and business life.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This thoroughly illustrated book traces developments in artificial light sources, from the oil lamps of antiquity, to present day high-technology electric lights and their effects on domestic and business life.
Includes appendix and index.