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Reference numberPP/24/17
Previous numbersPP/56/18
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Measurement of colour produced by contrast' by William de Wiveleslie Abney
Date1894
DescriptionAbney writes: 'No definite measurements, as far as I am aware, have been made of the change in colour produced by contrast, except in a small work of my own in which results were given in terms of colour mixtures, and earlier by a brief reference in a work by Rood, in which the change produced was endeavoured to be matched by means of rotating disks.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Optics

Received 5 June 1894 / 9 June 1894. Read 21 June 1894.

A version of this paper was published in volume 56 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Measurement of colour produced by contrast'.
Extent19p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1894.0101
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CodeNameDates
NA6454Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920)1843 - 1920
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