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  • Visual Illusions: Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications

    by Matthew Luckiesh ...
    "Visual Illusions: Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications" by Matthew Luckiesh delves into the fascinating world of visual perception and the intriguing phenomena of optical illusions. Luckiesh explores how our brains interpret visual stimuli, often leading to misperceptions that challenge our understanding of reality. Through a detailed examination of various types of illusions, he ... Read more

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  • Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization

    by Matthew Luckiesh ...
    "Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization" by Matthew Luckiesh explores the profound impact of artificial lighting on human society and culture. Luckiesh delves into the historical evolution of lighting technologies, from the humble beginnings of fire to the sophisticated electric lights of modernity. He examines how these advancements have transformed daily life, extended productive ... Read more

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  • Artificial Light Its Influence Upon Civilization

    by Matthew Luckiesh ...
    In the following pages I have endeavored to discuss artificial light for the general reader, in a manner as devoid as possible of intricate details. The early chapters deal particularly with primitive artificial light and their contents are generally historical. The science of light-production may be considered to have been born in the latter part of the eighteenth century and beginning with that ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works of Matthew Luckiesh

    by Matthew Luckiesh ...
    The Complete Works of Matthew LuckieshMatthew Luckiesh DSc, DE, was a physicist and, as the Director of General Electric's Lighting Research Laboratory at its Nela Park National Lamps Works facility in East Cleveland, Ohio, he pursued research on light and vision. In his day, he was known as the "Father of the Science of Seeing."This collection includes the following:Visual Illusions, Their Causes ... Read more

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  • Time and Clocks

    A Description of Ancient ans of Measuring Time

    by Sir Henry H. Cunynghame ...
    When we read the works of Homer, or Virgil, or Plato, or turn to the later productions of Dante, of Shakespeare, of Milton, and the host of writers and poets who have done so much to instruct and amuse us, and to make our lives good and agreeable, we are apt to look with some disappointment upon present times. And when we turn to the field of art and compare Greek statues and Gothic or Renaissance ... Read more

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  • Calculus Made Easy

    Being a Very-Simplest Introduction to Those Beautiful Methods of Reckoning Which are Generally Called by the Terrifying Names of the Differential Calculus and the Integral Calculus

    by Silvanus Phillips Thompson ...
    Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus Phillips Thompson is an accessible and engaging introduction to the fundamental principles of calculus, offering readers a clear and simplified approach to understanding this essential branch of mathematics.Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus Phillips Thompson is a timeless classic that makes the complex world of calculus accessible to students and learners of all levels. ... Read more

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  • Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook

    by Maria Montessori ...
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  • The Story of Electricity

    by John Munro ...
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