Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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For conditions, please view our photographs. A nice clean rare copy from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. This book is a timeless classic.

Preston’s book is a classic work on the theory of light and its many applications. In this book, he provides detailed descriptions of the properties of light, the nature of light waves, and their behavior under different conditions. He also discusses the properties of lenses and mirrors, and provides practical advice on their use in a variety of fields, from photography to astronomy.