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MR. J. LOVIBOND is known as the inventor of the tintometer. He has written no preface to the present book in the ordinary acceptation of the word, but commences with a chapter on “Purpose,” which is largely devoted to enumerating the awards he has received from international juries and various scientific societies, and a list of industries which have adopted the tintometer. Mr. Lovibond tells us also that colour is “ a determinable property of matter, and the purpose is to make known methods of colour analysis and synthesis which have proved of great practical value in establishing standards of purity in some industries.” “The purpose is also to show that the methods (tintometer?) are thoroughly scientific in theory and practice,” and also that “a new law (the law of specific colour development) has been developed.” This is a new name for well-known observational results.
Light and Colour Theories and their Relation to Light and Colour Standardisation.
By J. W. Lovibond. Pp. xii + 90. (London: E. and F. N. Spon, Ltd., 1915.) Price 6s. net.
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Light and Colour Theories and their Relation to Light and Colour Standardisation . Nature 96, 478–479 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096478b0
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