Educational Booklet No 2 Electricity
 Catalogue Number: 1486 Educational Booklet No 2 Electricity Category: Book Sub-Category: Booklet Government body: Electrical Development Division. State Electricity Commission of Victoria Year Of Publication/Manufacture: undated c 1940 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne Publisher/Manufacturer: State Electricity Commission of Victoria Description Of Item: Illustrated paper wrappers, centre stapled, 20 pages. Two sections Part 1 Light and Vision, Part 2 Electricity on the farm Historical Significance: The booklet was produced by the goverment owned State Electricity Commission of Victoria for promotional purposes. It was aimed for children aged 12 to 16 years as the second lesson on the subject of electricity and as preparation for the Commission's senior programme of visual education. The first 11 pages, Part 1, deal with the function of the eye, factors in seeing (size, brightness, contrast, time), why people lose good eyesight, how we see objects and colours, principles of lighting, types of lighting and examples of good and bad lighting. The sections on lighting are surprisingly sophisticated. It may be derivative of a similar booklet (Seeing: a guide to the best use and care of the eyes. (Cat No 1448) How Acquired: Donated by Michael Airken, honoary archivist Date Acquired: April 2010 Condition: Good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 3 |