Westinghouse Synchronized Filmstrips / Records On Lighting
date: label: date made
content: ca 1945
name: label: associated person
content: Seaman, Frank
label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cased set (complete) of synchronized filmstrips (18) and vinyl records (13) produced by Westinghouse on the subject of lighting, circa 1945. This kit contains a course of study in 20 lessons, and covers the physics of light and optics, biology of sight, technical details of different illumination sources, and design applications.
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content: Specific topics are as follows:
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content: #642, "The Mechanism of the Human Eye," sound: side 1 of record 1;
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content: #643, "Light and Vision," sound: side 2 of record 1;
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content: #644, "Illumination Terminology," sound: side 1 of record 2;
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content: #645, "Quantity Requirements of Good Illumination," sound: side 2 of record 2;
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content: #646, "Quality Requirements of Good Illumination," sound: side 1 of record 3;
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content: #647, "The Importance of Color in Illumination," sound: side 2 of record 3;
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content: #648, "The Incandescent Lamp," sound: both sides of record 4;
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content: #649, "Mercury and Other Electric Discharge Lamps," sound: side 1 of record 5;
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content: #650, "Fluorescent Lamps," sound: both sides of record 6;
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content: #651, "Principles of Light Control," sound: side 1 of record 7;
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content: #652, "Systems of Light Control," sound: side 2 of record 7;
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content: #653, "Calculation of Interior Illumination," sound: side 1 of record 8;
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content: #654, "Office Lighting," sound: both sides of record 9;
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content: #655, "School Lighting," sound: side 1 of record 10;
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content: #656, "Store Lighting," sound: side 2 of record 10;
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content: #657, "Industrial Lighting," sound: side 1 of record 11;
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content: #658, "Floodlighting," sound: both sides of record 12;
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content: #659, "Cost and Maintenance of Lighting," sound: side 1 of record 13.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting, thru Hugh F. Hicks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0387.20
label: accession number
content: 1997.0387
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0387.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Filmstrip-Record Set
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 21 in x 17 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 53.34 cm x 43.815 cm