Gabriel Lippmann Quotes

When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.

Gabriel Lippmann

;

Gabriel Lippmann

Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference. His parents were French Jews.

Source: Wikipedia

Gabriel Lippmann

Life is short and progress is slow.

progress life
Gabriel Lippmann

When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.

light
Gabriel Lippmann

In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an infinity of interval values separating them - that is to say, the whole thickness of the sensitive layer is occupied in continuous manner by these maxima.

manners infinity system
Gabriel Lippmann

The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue.

progress work
Gabriel Lippmann

During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference fringes half a wavelength distant from each other.

places
Gabriel Lippmann

I got quite good results from protein plates.

results
Gabriel Lippmann

This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer.

results
Gabriel Lippmann

Most of these pictures, taken while travelling, were developed on the mantelpiece of a hotel room, which proves that the method is easy enough to carry out.

method

Comments

Authentication required

You must log in to post a comment.

There are no comments yet.

Related Authors

Douglas Wilson

Margaret Thatcher

Thomas Mann

Paul Gillmor

Dave Matthews Band

Herbie Hancock

Tom Cruise

Billy Wilder

Colin Mochrie

Manmohan Singh

A.A. Milne

Chris Matthews