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Luminescence -- Early works to 1800

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• Luminescence
• Light -- Early works to 1800
• Early works to 1800

• Bioluminescence -- Early works to 1800
• Phosphorescence -- Early works to 1800

• Lumen novum phosphoris accensum (Apud Joannem Oosterwyk, 1717), by Johann Heinrich Cohausen and Johann Oosterwyk (page images at HathiTrust)

• Noctiluca marina ... (excudit L.M. Höjer, 1752), by Carl von Linné, Carl Fredric Adler, and Carl Fredrik Adler (page images at HathiTrust)

• Noctiluca marina ... (excudit L.M. Höjer, 1752), by Carl von Linné, Carl Fredric Adler, and Carl Fredrik Adler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lumen novum phosphoris accensum (Apud Joannem Oosterwyk, 1717), by Johann Heinrich Cohausen and Johann Oosterwyk (page images at HathiTrust)

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• A history of luminescence from the earliest times until 1900 (American Philosophical Society, 1957), by E. Newton Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cathodo-luminescence and the luminescence of incandescent solids (The Carnegie institution of Washington, 1928), by E. L. Nichols, D. T. Wilber, and H. L. Howes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of retro reflective measurement devices. Final report. (1981) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of retro reflective measurement devices. Summary report. (1981) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traffic signs in complex visual environments. Final report. (1982), by Douglas J. Mace, K. Perchonok, and L. Pollack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guidelines for evaluating fluorescent strong yellow green crossing signs. Final report. (1993), by M. R. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety evaluation of ultraviolet-activated fluorescent roadway delineation: preliminary field experiment. (1997), by Karen R. Mahach, Richard L. Knoblauch, Carole J. Simmons, Marsha Nitzburg, and Samuel C. Tignor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of traffic control devices for rural high-speed maintenance work zones: second year activities and final recommendations. (2000), by Michael D. Fontaine, Paul J. Carlson, and H. Gene Hawkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effective countermeasures to reduce accidents in work zones. (1999), by V. Walker and Jonathan Upchurch (page images at HathiTrust)
• A determination of the appropriateness of Virginia's retroreflective sign sheeting specification for fluorescent orange construction and maintenance signs. (2002), by Stephen C. Brich (page images at HathiTrust)
• European road lighting technologies. (2001), by Dale Wilken, Balu Ananthanarayanan, Patrick Hasson, Paul J. Lutkevich, C. Paul Watson, Karl Burkett, John B. Arens, Jim Havard, and Jeff Unick (page images at HathiTrust)
• A shipboard oil-in-water content monitor based on oil fluorescence (U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Research and Development, 1975), by A. W. Hornig, J. T. Brownrigg, United States. Coast Guard. Office of Research and Development, and Inc Baird-Atomic (page images at HathiTrust)
• La luminosità elettrica dei gas e la materia radiante (Fratelli Dumolard, 1882), by Rinaldo Ferrini and Pietro Pogliaghi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noctiluca marina ... (excudit L.M. Höjer, 1752), by Carl von Linné, Carl Fredric Adler, and Carl Fredrik Adler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Minimal luminance requirement for official highways signs (Federal Highway Administration ;, 1986), by Douglas J. Mace, Inc IFR Applications, and United States Federal Highway Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ultraweak luminescence accompanying biochemical reactions. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration [for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1967), by IU. A. Vladimirov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Electron-induced luminescence in optical materials (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971), by John Romanko, P. R. Cheever, J. K. Miles, Langley Research Center, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and General Dynamics. Convair Aerospace Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental researches on the light and luminous matter of the glow-worm, the luminosity of the sea, the phenomena of the chameleon, the ascent of the spider into the atmosphere and the torpidity of the tortoise, etc. (Printed for W. R. M'Phun, 1826), by John Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Method for determining distribution of luminous emitters in cone of laminar Bunsen flame (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1951), by Thomas P. Clark and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• The use of a luminescent lacquer for the visual indication of boundary-layer transition (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1951), by Jackson R. Stalder, Ellis G. Slack, and United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Variations of electrophotoluminescence phenomena with frequency of applied field (United States Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service, 1954), by Keith William Olson, Gordon Charles Danielson, Ames Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Luminescence dosimetry; proceedings (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information [available from Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Springfield, Va.], 1967), by International Conference on Luminescence Dosimetry (1965 : Stanford University), Frank H. Attix, Stanford University, United States. Office of Naval Research, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thermoluminescence : bibliography ([Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information], [1963], 1963), by Ernest E. Angino, N. Grögler, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thermoluminescence : bibliography (Oak Ridge, Tennessee : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information Extension, 1965., 1965), by Ernest E. Angino, Richard McCall, N. Grögler, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Project Firefly, 1962-1963 (L.G. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1964., 1964), by N. W. Rosenberg and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optical effects of the March 1970 geophysical event at the AFCRL geopole observatory, Thule Air Base, Greenland (L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1972., 1972), by S. M. Silverman, J. G. Moore, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the law of damping of the luminescence of solid organic substances (Oak Ridge, Tennessee : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service, 1954., 1954), by V. A. Yastrebov, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Yield of radioluminescence of organic matters (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information, 1962), by Z. A. Chizhikova and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. Division of Technical Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of radio-luminescent lighting system (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center, 1984), by Thomas H. Paprocki and Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of experimental parameters on thermoluminescence of a Type II-a diamond (L.G. Hansom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1965., 1965), by Albert D. Johnson, James R. Littler, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the "saturation" luminance of high-density microsecond-arc channels (L. G. Hansom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1966., 1966), by Heinz Fischer, Michel Lothar, and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The detection of separations between adjacent signals on a simulated ppi radar scope (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1955., 1955), by Robert M. Herrick, Gerald L. Howett, John E. Coulson, Helmut E. Adler, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, Wright Air Development Center, Aerospace Medical Laboratory (U.S.), and Columbia University (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental evaluation of optical enhancement of literal visual displays (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Behavioral Sciences Laboratory, Aerospace Medical Laboratory, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1961., 1961), by H. Richard Blackwell, Robert W. Brainard, James G. Ohmart, United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division, Aerospace Medical Laboratory (U.S.), and Ohio State University. Institute for Research in Vision (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dosimetry by luminescence degradation in organics (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1960., 1960), by Frnk H. Attix, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, United States. Wright Air Development Division, and Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A solid state Bragg-Gray cavity chamber (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1960., 1960), by Victor H. Ritz, Frank H. Attix, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, United States. Wright Air Development Division, and Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Electroluminescent-photoconductor elements (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Electronic Technology Laboratory, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1962., 1962), by P. N. Wolfe, W. J. Harper, J. E. Johnson, United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division, and Westinghouse Research Laboratories (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thermoluminescence : bibliography ([Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information], [1963], 1963), by Ernest E. Angino, N. Grögler, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thermoluminescence : bibliography (Oak Ridge, Tennessee : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information Extension, 1965., 1965), by Ernest E. Angino, Richard McCall, N. Grögler, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Accuracy in spectrophotometry and luminescence measurements; proceedings of the conference held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Md. March 22-24, 1972. (National Bureau of Standards [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1973), by Md.) Conference on Accuracy in Spectrophotometry and Luminescence Measurements (1972 : Gaithersburg, Oscar Menis, J. I. Shultz, Radu Mavrodineanu, and Institute for Materials Research (U.S.). Analytical Chemistry Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• Phosphorescence; or, The emission of light by minerals, plants, and animals. (L. Reeve & co., 1862), by T. L. Phipson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The nature of animal light. (Lippincott, 1920), by E. Newton Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leuchtende Pflanzen. Eine physiologische Studie (G. Fischer, 1904), by Hans Molisch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber das Leuchten des Meeres, mit besondrer Hinsicht auf das Leuchten thierischer Körper (bey Heinrich Dieterich, 1803), by Christoph Bernoulli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Leuchtende Pflanzen : eine physiologische Studie (G. Fischer, 1912), by Hans Molisch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stimulation of bioluminescence in Pyrocystis lunula and Gonyaulax polyedra by means of controlled pressure changes (Naval Postgraduate School, 1982), by Thomas Quinton Donaldson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quorum sensing regulon of Vibrio fischeri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ;, 1999), by Sean M. Callahan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
• The distribution and characteristics of surface bioluminescence in the oceans (Naval Oceanographic Office, 1966), by Robert F Staples and United States. Naval Oceanographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noctiluca marina ... (excudit L.M. Höjer, 1752), by Carl von Linné, Carl Fredric Adler, and Carl Fredrik Adler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ultraweak luminescence accompanying biochemical reactions. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration [for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1967), by IU. A. Vladimirov (page images at HathiTrust)
• The production of light by animals (J.B. Lippincott, 1916), by Ulric Dahlgren (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chemiluminescence ; report of the Subcommittee on chemiluminescence (Washington, D.C. : Published by the National research council of the National academy of sciences, 1927., 1927), by National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Chemiluminescence, Allen D. Garrison, Elliot Quincy Adams, and E. Newton Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Living lights : A popular account of phosphorescent animals and vegetables, by Charles Frederick Holder, illust. by A.-L. Clément (Gutenberg ebook)

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