Thanks for the reference. I've put it on my 'acquire' list. Still working
on clearing out my current 'read' pile.
Dan Scott
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>BTW, on a photography note (can you believe that?), I have long felt since
>joining the list that my knowledge of optics was sorely lacking. I bought
>the book Basic Optics and Optical Instruments and am amazed what I have
>learned about the physics of light and glass.
>
>I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in and not yet well-versed on
>the topic. I find it well-written, and done so in such a way that I need
>only read each paragraph two or three times before understanding it. <g>
>
>A description of the book:
>
>Presented as a training course for the Bureau of Naval Personnel, this book
>provides a thorough coverage of the basic theory of optics and its
>applications. The course begins with a discussion of the composition of
>optical glass and the manufacture of lenses and prisms for optical
>instruments. Over 6,000 charts and diagrams-all of which help to clarify an
>already well-organized presentation.
>
>It's available from Edmund Scientific. Amazon is amazingly out of stock.
>Barnes & Noble has it for $11.65 (I think I got ripped when I paid 18
>something).
>
>ISBN: 0486222918
>Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
>Pub. Date: January 1994
>
>Tom C.
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