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Bibliographic information
| Title | What is light? World university library |
| Authors | Abraham Cornelis Sebastiën Heel, C. H. F. Velzel |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 10, 2008 |
| Length | 255 pages |
| Subjects | › Light Optics Science / Light Science / Optics |
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