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EXCEPT for a historical résumé of the contributions of Newton, Goethe, Schopenhauer, Helmholtz, Young, Maxwell, and Hering, and short i descriptions of the tentative efforts at colour arrangement made by other investigators of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this book is purely an exposition of the author's own views on the subject of colour standardisation, and an introduction to his own system. The student of such matters who approaches them through the medium of this book will unquestionably conclude that no one, excepting Ostwald, has paid any attention to them since the days of these early pioneers, and that it is only with the advent of Ostwald's system that colour measurement has become possible. This is explicitly stated (pp. xiii, 32, and 69), and is implied throughout the whole book.
Colour Science: a Handbook for Advanced Students in Schools, Colleges and the various Arts, Crafts and Industries depending on the use of Colour.
By Dr. Wilhelm Ostwald. Part 1: Colour Theory and Colour Standardisation. Authorised translation, with an Introduction and Notes, by J. Scott Taylor. Pp. xviii + 141 + 13 plates. (London: Winsor and Newton, Ltd., 1931.) 15s.
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GUILD, J. Colour Science: a Handbook for Advanced Students in Schools, Colleges and the various Arts, Crafts and Industries depending on the use of Colour . Nature 129, 453–455 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129453a0
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