Illuminating Engineering Practice Classic Reprint

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Download or read book Illuminating Engineering Practice (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illuminating Engineering Practice The history of organized effort in establishing the scientific basis of illumination and in developing the art of illuminating engineering in the United States is largely the history of the Illuminating Engineering Society. Individually the various natural sciences upon which the science of illumination is founded had each progressed after its own kind and had included in its progress the investigation of many questions of essential value in lighting, but the directive influence which has conduced to intensified consideration of the special aspects of the respective science peculiarly applicable in lighting was wanting until the Illuminating Engineering Society inspired organized effort. In the fall of 1910 the now memorable course of lectures on illuminating engineering, given at the Johns Hopkins University under the joint auspices of the University and of the Illuminating Engineering Society, had as its principal object "to indicate the proper coordination of those arts and sciences which constitute illuminating engineering." In this course of lectures the correlation of the fundamental sciences was attempted, and the endeavor was made to establish a science of illumination and to indicate the progress of the art. The emphasis, however, was placed on the establishment of the scientific foundation since this was considered of primary importance, and prior to the delivery of the Baltimore lectures it might be said with fairness that there existed generally an ill-defined and limited conception of the basic idea of illuminating engineering science. The Baltimore lectures accomplished their object, and with a better-defined science the art has progressed rapidly. It seemed, therefore, to the Council of the Illuminating Engineering Society that the time was ripe to supplement the course of lectures given at the Johns Hopkins University with a second course devoted to the more practical aspect of illuminating engineering - the principles of illumination and the conspicuous advances in the art of illumination. Consequently, upon invitation from the Provost of the University of Pennsylvania the present course of lectures was organized by Committees under the administration of the Council of the Illuminating Engineering Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.