Visual problems of colour. Volume 1
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Catalogue Number: 468
Visual problems of colour. Volume 1
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Book of historical note
Editor: Anon
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1958
Time Period: 1940 to 1999
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London UK
Publisher/Manufacturer: Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Description Of Item: Original printed boards, 368 pages with illustrations and diagrams containing 40 papers presented at a symposium on Visual Problems of Colour held at the National Physical Laboratory, Middlesex in September 1957
Historical Significance: This is a record of an important conference attended by many of the leading workers in colour vision at the time, including George Wald, Hamilton Hartridge, MH Pirenne, WAH Rushton, GAJ Pitt, HJA Dartnall, WS Stiles, HG Sperling, CH Graham, NI Speranskaya, DB Judd and G Wyszecki. It deals with the hot topics of the day: visual pigments, colour matching and colour mixture functions
How Acquired: Ex Nathan Library
Condition: Fair, much used
Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note
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