Television : Present Methods Of Picture Transmission
Language: English
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company, New York, 1929
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 1,575.00
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X, 194 Pp + 1 Pp Ad At Rear. Beige Cloth Stamped In Black. First Lightly Used, Hinges Tight, No Marks Or Names, Light Bumping At Some Corners, Faint Mottling Or Loss Of Color To Cloth, Foxing Spots To Top Edges Of Covers And Top Edge Of Page Block, Contents Entirely Immaculate. Dj Is Bright Red, Very Slight Fading And Soiling To Spine, Tiny Losses At Two Upper Corners Of Spine And At Upper Front And Lower Right Tips. Harold Horton Sheldon (1893 –1964) Was A Canadian-American Physicist, Scientist, Inventor, Teacher, Editor And Author. He Was A Science Editor Who Wrote On Futuristic Subjects, Especially Pertaining To Human Space Travel. Sheldon Attended Queen's University In Kingston, Ontario Where He Received His Bachelor Of Arts Degree In 1916 And Master Of Arts Degree In 1917. He Received His Ph.D. In 1920 From The University Of Chicago And Was An Assistant Professor Of Physics There 1918 And 1919. He Later Attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute In New York City And Received A Degree In Electrical Engineering In 1934. Sheldon Became A Physics Instructor At The University Of Michigan In 1922. He Served As Science Editor Of The New York Herald-Tribune From 1927 To 1931. He Was A Professor At New York University From 1927 To 1941 And Dean At University Of Miami From 1946 To 1953. Sheldon Became A Professor At Roosevelt University In 1956 And Became The Chairman Of The Physics Department; In The 1960S He Was The Acting Dean Of Faculties And A Vice President Of The University Until His Death. He Was Science Editor Of The New York Herald Tribune From 1928 To 1931. For The Tribune He Wrote On Futuristic Subjects, That Ultimately Became Matters Of Scientific Interest To The General Public. Likewise, He Was The Prentice-Hall Science Editor. He Is Considered A Pioneer In Several Twentieth-Century Scientific Fields,[ And Was A Specialist In Several Areas Of Electronics. One Is The Conduction Of Electricity Through Crystals, Which Is The Basic Concept Of Modern-Day Electronic Integrated Circuits. Another Was The Field Of Ultra‐High‐Radio Frequencies. During World War Ii (1940–46), Sheldon Was An Independent Research And Development Engineer. He Was Named Research Professor Of Engineering At The University Of Miami After The War. In The Early 1950S He Was A Consultant To Several Industries, Companies, And Conglomerates. Sheldon Was A Scientist Who Was Ahead Of His Time, Especially In Space Travel Notions. In 1929 He Wrote About The Serious Possibility Of Man Visiting Other Planets Through The Use Of Rockets. He Wrote The Original Introduction To The Conquest Of Space By David Lasser, The First Book Written In English That Seriously Connected Rocketry With Space Travel And The Possibility Of One Day Man Visiting Other Planets. Sheldon Was The Third Ph.D. Member Of The Newly Formed American Interplanetary Society Founded In 1930 By G. Edward Pendray, David Lasser, And Others. Sheldon Invented A Precision Photoelectric Colorscope Measurement Instrument, More Accurate Than The Human Eye Could Detect. He Was A Pioneer In Neon Tube Designs, And In The Design Of Cold Cathode Rectifiers. He Was Also A Discoverer Of Selective Absorption Of Hydrogen And Nitrogen In Charcoals, And A Co-Discoverer Of The Actino-Electric Effect.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Television : Present Methods Of Picture Transmission
- Author
- Sheldon, H. [Harold] Horton, And Edgar Norman Grisewood
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand Company, New York
- Publication year
- 1929
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine DJ
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Photographs and Diagrams Throughout
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Motion Pictures and Television, Rare And Unusual Books, Technology, Engineering and Manufacturing
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