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Many problems in industry, commerce, science and medicine can be solved by means of colour and colour-measuring methods : a Lovibond comparator and a set of colour standards may be the answer to your problems / Tintometer Limited.

Optics: crystals exhibiting interference colours. Colour mezzotint [?] by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883, after J. Silbermann.

A crowned woman in red holding a rose-topped caduceus; she is suspended in a circle of water; a cherub blows wind from above; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.

Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.

A crowned alchemical flask containing a young king, dressed in red, representing the culmination of the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

A red-faced sun rises above a city; stunted trees stand in the foreground; representing either the culmination of the alchemical work or the star of hope that inspires the alchemist through his tribulations. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

Optics: spectra of various stars, including our sun. Coloured process print by Cassell.

A peacock in a crowned alchemical flask; representing the stage in the alchemical process when the substance breaks out into many colours. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

Optics: a colour-circle, after M. E. Chevreul. Colour aquatint (?) by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868.

Farben der Gesundheit : das Planungshandbuch für Gestalter im Gesundheitswesen = Colours of health & care : the planning manual for designers in the healthcare sector / herausgeber, Wolf D. Karl ; Axel Venn, Herbert Schmitmeier, Janina Venn-Rosky ; translation into English, Bianca Murphy.

Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

Hospital color and decoration / Raymond P. Sloan.

Die Physiologie der Farben : für die Zwecke der Kunstgewerbe / auf Anregung der Direction des kaiserlich Oesterreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie bearbeitet von Ernst Brücke.

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Optics: a colour-circle, after M. E. Chevreul. Colour aquatint (?) by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868.

Farben der Gesundheit : das Planungshandbuch für Gestalter im Gesundheitswesen = Colours of health & care : the planning manual for designers in the healthcare sector / herausgeber, Wolf D. Karl ; Axel Venn, Herbert Schmitmeier, Janina Venn-Rosky ; translation into English, Bianca Murphy.

Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

Hospital color and decoration / Raymond P. Sloan.

Die Physiologie der Farben : für die Zwecke der Kunstgewerbe / auf Anregung der Direction des kaiserlich Oesterreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie bearbeitet von Ernst Brücke.