560 Pages
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Routledge
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This book is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of lighting. Covering the physics of light production, light sources, circuits and a wide variety of lighting applications, it is both suitable as a detailed textbook and as thoroughly practical guide for practising lighting engineers. This fourth edition of Lamps and Lighting has been completely updated with new chapters on the... Read more
Part I: Light * Vision * Colour * Measurements * Part II: Radiation and Light production * Lamp materials * Phosphors * Incandescent lamps * Tungsten halogen lamps * Fluorescent lamps * Electrodeless lamps * Low pressure sodium lamps * High pressure sodium discharge lamps * Mercury lamps * Metal halide lamps * Electroluminescence * Electrical and electronic circuits * Part III: Luminaires * Daylighting * Electric lighting systems * Interior lighting * Floodlighting * Road lighting * Appendix 1 * Appendix 2 * References * Index.
Biography
J. R. Coaton
'An essential purchase for building services engineers, architects and lighting industry specialists'*The Lighting Journal**'A book that all lighting engineers should have as a reference, and students should have access to ... well written and presented, and has much useful information ... it is good to see the new edition'* CIBSE Newsletter
