Lengthening the Day: A History of Lighting Technology.
Entry/Object ID
2005.030.0007
Description
Lengthening the Day: A History of Lighting Technology. By Brian Bowers. Oxford, New York, Tokyo: OUP, 1998. First American edition. 8vo hardcover, dustjacket. pp. 221, illustrated.
Mention of first electric discharge lamps to be used for practical lighting employed mercury vapor. Introduced by Peter Cooper Hewitt (sic) around 1900. (The Cooper-Hewitt Electric Company in Hoboken which developed this into fluorescent lighting was later purchased by General Electric.)
8vo hardcover
Acquisition
Accession
2005.030
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Claire Lukacs.
Book Details
Author
Bowers, Brian
Edition
First American edition
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Place Published
Location
Oxford, New York, Tokyo
Date Published
1998
Publication Language
English
ISBN
0-19-856548-8
Notes
Copy No.: 1
General Notes
Note
Display Value: Poor
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2005-12-13
