Re: IR book

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 14 Feb 97 at 21:18, Edward Meyers wrote:

> In my library I have a book called, "Practical Infra-Red
> Photography, by Dr. Othmar Helwich. In English and published
> in England, there's no copyright date in it. I think it
> might be pre- WWII. The ads for cameras look like 1939 cameras.
> Anyone shed some light on this? Ed Meyers

It does ring a bell, but I can't hear what it says....<grin>
<jump in time, clouds of dust all around>
I digged around a little in my library (ha!), and found references in 
two of my IR-bibles (does that make a special kind of religion if you 
follow more than one book?):

- Photography by Infrared from Walter Clark (1939-46/47) refers to
him in the chapter-index on page 26: 
"Helwich, O., Die Infrarot-Fotografie, W. Heering-Verlag, Halle, 
1934"

- Moderne Infrarot und UV-Fotografie from Guenter Spitzing (1992)
refers to him in the main-index on page 206: 
"Dr. Othmar Helwich: Die Infrarot-Fotografie und ihre 
Andwendungsgebiete, Dr. Walther Heering-Verlag Harzburg, 1937 
(sold out, pictures reused in Infrarot-Fotografie from Guenter Wagner)" 
 
I think I now also know why it rang a bell; a few months ago I bought 
a book from Windisch, after reading so much about his pyro stuff; and 
being also published by the Heering Verlag, Helwich's name was listed 
in the overview of other available books at that time. Never seen it 
in real life though, but names like this are stored in my mind, just 
enough to pick his name in a row of books, while browsing and digging 
at photo fairs....8-))

You could do me a great favor with a copy for the time being....;-))
 

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