"In the case of composite colour, an infinity……" — Gabriel Lippmann
"In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an infinity of interval values separating them - that is to say, the whole thickness of the sensitive layer is occupied in continuous manner by these maxima."
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Gabriel Lippmann
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12 Quotes by Gabriel Lippmann
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[On the Gaussian curve, remarked to Poincaré:] Experimentalists think that it is a mathematical theorem while the mathematicians believe it…
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When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.
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This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer.
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The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.
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The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.
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The plate at each point only sends back to the eye the simple colour imprinted. The other colours are destroyed…
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The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when…
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Most of these pictures, taken while travelling, were developed on the mantelpiece of a hotel room, which proves that the…
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Life is short and progress is slow.
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I got quite good results from protein plates.
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During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference…
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