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Paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: no jacket present. The book is in good condition with some signs of wear. The cover shows minor creasing and edge wear, typical of trade paperbacks from this period. The spine is intact, and the pages are clean with no inscriptions or library markings. There is no dust jacket, as issued.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 26 cm, xii, 604, [6] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Bibliographic Essay. Index. , DJ and book covers and page edges have minor damage/wear and are stained/soiled. An adequate reading copy of a remarkable snapshot in time on key aspects of comparative defense policy during the Cold War and a period of Middle East crises. Professor Horton achieved the rank of Major General. Frank B. Horton III became director for intelligence, J-2, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. He received his commission and bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Military Academy in 1962 as a distinguished graduate. He earned a doctorate in political science in 1969, from Harvard University. He was named Harvard's outstanding political science graduate student in 1967. He completed Air Command and Staff College in 1974, Air War College in 1976, the National War College in 1978 and the Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course in 1989. General Horton has written professionally, including "Comparative Defense Policy," edited with Edward L Warner III and Anthony C. Rogerson, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in 1974; "Military Perspectives on Nuclear Arms: Myths and Realities," presented to the John J. McCloy Study Group on Nuclear Diplomacy, Council on Foreign Relations, in April 1986; and "Analytical Requirements in a Post Cold War World," presented to the International Studies Association in March 1991. Foreword by Richard F. Rosser, Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, United States Air Force Academy. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the vies of the United State Air Force or the Department of Defense, or the United Kingdom. This work is a companion to the Air Force Academy's work on American Defense Policy as it became apparent that the defense policy field would benefit from a comparative approach. Among the author's whose work is included are: Morris Janowitz, John Erickson, Amos Perlmutter, Samuel Huntington, Richard Neustadt, Arnold Horelich, Neville Brown, Geoffrey Kemp, Kennety Waltz, and Michael Howard. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.…

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New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1927. 8vo. Original full green cloth. Volume VI, 1927 of The Bell System Technical Journal. Library stamp to front free end-paper and title page. Minor bumping to extremities. A nice and clean copy. Pp. 560-603. [Entire volume: (6), 754 pp.]. First edition of the influential paper on television signals. Gray was highly influential in the development of television and conducted pioneering research in this field. "The design of a television system, once the fundamental principles are understood, involves a detailed consideration of the methods by which the several important functions are to be performed.(1) In the present system the initial signal wave is obtained by sweeping a spot of light over the subject in parallel lines completely scanning it once every 18th of a second. The light reflected is collected by large photoelectric cells which control the transmitted current." (From the introduction to the present paper)."A spotlight scanning method was adopted (in the present paper) to illuminate the subject, the beam of light being obtained from a 40A Sperry arc. Three photoelectric cells of the potassium hydride, gas-filled type were specially constructed and utilised to receive the reflected light from the subject. At that time they were probably the largest cells that had ever been made and presented and aperture of 120 square inches." (Burns, R. W. Communications: an international history of the formative years, 2004, p. 497). Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:John Carson:1. Electromagnetic Theory and the Foundations of Electric Circuit Theory. Pp. 1-17.2. Propagation of Periodic Currents over a System of Parallel Wires. Pp. 495-545.E. C. Molina:1. Application of the Theory of Probability to Telephone Trunking Problems. Pp. 461-494.…