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Television Today and Tomorrow by DE FOREST Lee - 1942

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Television Today and Tomorrow by DE FOREST Lee - 1942

Television Today and Tomorrow

by DE FOREST Lee

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New York: The Dial Press, 1942. First edition. original burgundy cloth lettered in gilt, with description by Heritage Book Shop laid in. Spine gilt a little dulled, some dust soiling of edges, rubber stamp on front free endpaper. . Quarto. 361 pp Illustrated with charts and diagrams Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper Lee De Forest (1873-1961) was regarded as one of the last great individualistic inventors and participated in the development of electronics almost to his death. He is sometimes referred to as the “Father of Radio” and was granted more than 300 patents in his lifetime. He received his last patent (on an automatic telephone dialing device) at the age of eighty-four. His most important contributions were made in the development of sound in motion pictures -DSB.
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  • Format/Binding Original burgundy cloth lettered in gilt, with description by Heritage Book Shop laid in
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  • Publisher The Dial Press
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1942
  • Keywords Television, electronics, entertainment, TV
  • Size Quarto

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The Myopia Myth: The Truth About Nearsightedness and How to Prevent It

The Myopia Myth: The Truth About Nearsightedness and How to Prevent It

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Monoclonal Antibodies in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry

Monoclonal Antibodies in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry

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The Myopia Myth: The Truth About Nearsightedness and How to Prevent It

The Myopia Myth: The Truth About Nearsightedness and How to Prevent It

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Monoclonal Antibodies in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry

Monoclonal Antibodies in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry

by Wick, Mark R; Siegal, Gene P. (Editors)

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Rodney Stone
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TELEVISION TODAY AND TOMORROW

by De Forest, Lee

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The Dial Press. Very Good with no dustjacket. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Bit of writing on front endpaper, else clean. Light wear. ; Illustrated with drawings. History, economic status, projection tubes, cathode beam systems and synchronization, use of film in television, transmission through space, television for amateurs, studio technique, the Dumont system, much more. ; 8vo; 361 pages .
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TELEVISION TODAY AND TOMORROW

by De Forest, Lee

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Television Today and Tomorrow

by De Forest, Lee

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Hutchinson's Scientic and Technical Publications, London, 1945,. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 1945. Hardcover. hardback, 8vo, 176pp, pages browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, brown cloth gilt, Very Good condition in frayed and rubbed dustwrapper .
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Television Today and Tomorrow

by De Forest, Lee

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New York: Dial Press, 1942/ First edition, presentation copy. Original beige cloth stamped in black. . Octavo. With over a hundred diagrams, drawings, and charts (six full-page). Slight rubbing. Some toning to endpapers, otherwise clean throughout. Inscribed by Lee de Forest to Dr. A.J. Lieberman (February 6, 1957). In the original dust jacket, printed in blue (some chipping to extremities and some toning). A very good, bright copy of this work by the inventor of the foundational technology for the field of electronics. Lee de Forest (1873 – 1961) was an inventor who pioneered broadcasting technology. His dissertation at Yale, "Reflections of Electric Waves of Very High Frequencies at the Ends of Parallel Wires," may have been the earliest American dissertation based on Hertzian waves — an experimental form of what became known as wireless. "De Forest's most important invention came in 1906, when he developed his "Audion," a three-element (triode) vacuum tube detector, on which later development… Read More
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Marktech Optoelectronics Data Book

Marktech Optoelectronics Data Book

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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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A Beginner's Guide to True BASIC to Accompany Exploring Macintosh:  Concepts in Visually...

A Beginner's Guide to True BASIC to Accompany Exploring Macintosh: Concepts in Visually Oriented Computing

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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Man In The Brown Suit
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Lahey Personal Fortran Toolkit Reference Manual : Revision B

Lahey Personal Fortran Toolkit Reference Manual : Revision B

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Lahey Blackbeard Editor Reference Manual : Revision A 1990

Lahey Blackbeard Editor Reference Manual : Revision A 1990

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