Colour vision : being the Tyndall lectures delivered in 1894 at the Royal Institute / by Capt. W. de W. Abney; with coloured plate and numerous diagrams.

  • Abney, William de Wiveleslie, Sir, 1843-1920.
Date:
[1895?]
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Credit: Colour vision : being the Tyndall lectures delivered in 1894 at the Royal Institute / by Capt. W. de W. Abney; with coloured plate and numerous diagrams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Peeface vii CHAPTER I. The Eye 1 CHAPTEE II. Simple Colours and their Mixture 15 CHAPTER III. Three Colour Sensations Possible 32 CHAPTER IV. The Young and Hering Theories of Colour Yision ... 41 CHAPTER Y. G-eneral Aspect of Colour Blindness 58 CHAPTER VI. Colour Blindness exhibited by Colour Discs and exhibited by Luminosity Curves of the Spectrum 74 CHAPTER VII. Luminosity of Colours to Different Parts of the Retina . . 88