Light and Colour Theories, and their relation to light and colour standardization

by Joseph W. Lovibond

London
E. & F. N. SPON, Limited, 57 HAYMARKET
New York
SPON & CHAMBERLAIN, 123 LIBERTY STREET
1915

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CONTENTS

	PAGE.
List of Plates	[vii]
Purpose	[ix]
CHAPTER I.
Introduction	[ 1]
CHAPTER II.
Evolution of the Method	[ 5]
CHAPTER III.
Evolution of the Unit	[ 9]
CHAPTER IV.
Derivation of Colour from White Light	[ 11]
CHAPTER V.
Standard White Light	[ 14]
CHAPTER VI.
Qualitative Colour Nomenclature	[17]
CHAPTER VII.
Quantitative Colour Nomenclature	[ 20]
CHAPTER VIII.
The Colour Scales	[ 28]
CHAPTER IX.
Colour Charts	[ 31]
CHAPTER X.
Representations of Colour in Space of Three Dimensions	[ 34]
CHAPTER XI.
The Spectrum in relation to Colour Standardization	[ 36]
CHAPTER XII.
The Physiological Light Unit	[ 45]
APPENDIX I.
Colour Education	[59]
APPENDIX II.
The Possibilities of a Standard Light and Colour Unit	[ 69]
APPENDIX III.
Dr. Dudley Corbett’s Radiometer	[ 83]
Index	[89]

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ERRATA.

Plate I. Newton’s Theory. The Indigo line is erroneously placed between the Violet and the Red; it should be between the Blue and the Violet.

Page 40.—Fifth line from the bottom, for Fraunhoper read Fraunhofer.

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