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New Baird book published
A new book has been published about the work of Helensburgh's TV pioneer John Logie Baird. It is . . .
The Three Dimensions of John Logie Baird
By Dr Douglas Brown
John Logie Baird (1888-1946) is remembered as the inventor of television but his work in colour, 3D and holographic television is much less well known. As are his significant contributions to other information sciences and their resulting technologies.
200 Years of Helensburgh
HELENSBURGH Heritage Trust published this book in May 2002 to mark the bicentenary of the burgh.
It is a handsome hard-backed book with many original illustrations by local artist Neil Macleod, many colour reproductions of oil and watercolour paintings, current photographs by Donald Fullarton and Neil MacLeod, and reproductions of photographs going back to the early days of photography.
Pleasures of the Firth: 200 Years of Clyde Steamers
Pleasures of the Firth: 200 Years of Clyde Steamers
by Andrew Clark
200 Years of Clyde Paddle Steamers
200 Years of Clyde Paddle Steamers
by Alistair Deayton and Iain Quinn
The Three Dimensions of John Logie Baird
The Three Dimensions of John Logie Baird
by Dr Douglas Brown
Ted and Elizabeth Odling — Artists of the West of Scotland
Ted and Elizabeth Odling — Artists of the West of Scotland
by Noelle, Christopher and Nicholas Odling
A.J.Cronin: The Man Who Created Dr Finlay
A.J.Cronin — The Man Who Created Dr Finlay
by Alan Davies
Clyde Coast Piers
Clyde Coast Piers
by Alistair Deayton
Murder and Morality in Victorian Britain: The story of Madeleine Smith
Murder and Morality in Victorian Britain: The story of Madeleine Smith
by Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair
The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith
The Strange Affair of Madeleine Smith
by Douglas MacGowan
Eye To The Hills
Eye To The Hills
by Campbell Steven
The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire
The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire
by Stewart Noble
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