Television Reception. Construction and Operation of a Cathode Ray Tube Receiver for the Reception of Ultra-Short Wave Television Broadcasting. [George Shiers copy, from Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington]
Published by London. Chapman & Hall, 1936
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
AbeBooks seller since June 4, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 150.00
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Hardcover. Bound in green cloth with gold lettering. Binding good and clean and tight. Title page dated 1936. 121 pages. Illustrated with diagrams. Ownership name Christoper Sterling, and the date 1990, on the front endpaper. Also on front endpaper, rubberstamp from A.R.L. Teddington (Admiralty Research Lab, Teddington). Same rubberstamp on title page and foreedges. Bookplate on the inside front cover from George Shiers, and a copy of Shiers business card tucked inside the front cover. Shiers was electronic engineer and author. ARL Teddington was HQ of British anti-submarine efforts, expanding into acoustics, wireless, etc., from there. From the collection of Christopher Sterling, a professor, writer, and collector; he wrote extensively on communications; we are excited to have several shelves of scarce books from his collection listed beside this one. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book (although sometimes they do get it right).…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Television Reception. Construction and Operation of a Cathode Ray Tube Receiver for the Reception of Ultra-Short Wave Television Broadcasting. [George Shiers copy, from Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington]
- Author
- von Ardenne, Manfred. [George Shiers, ARL Teddington copy]
- Publisher
- London. Chapman & Hall
- Publication year
- 1936
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- TV, Radio, Communication
Riverby Books
Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
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