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Thompson, S P

Light Visible and Invisible

London, Macmillan, 1897

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(London, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1897
Author
Thompson, S P
Publishers
London, Macmillan
Keyword
science, physics, light, optics, X-rays, scienza. luce, ottica, raggi X
Languages
English

Description

294pp + cat. G/none First edition. Original editorial blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Boards lightly worn, spine darkened and frayed at head and tail (see photo), private ex-libris on pastedown and owners’ inscriptions on endpaper, paper slightly age-yellowed, overall a good copy. Based on a series of lectures given by the famous physicist and educator Silvanus Phillips Thompson on light and X-rays (Röntgen light), lectures delivered shortly after the amazing discovery of the X-rays in Germany by Wilhelm Röntgen. Scarce in first edition, full title Light Visible and Invisible A Series of Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, at Christmas, 1896.