Gabriel Lippmann quotes
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“[On the Gaussian curve, remarked to Poincaré:] Experimentalists think that it is a mathematical theorem while the mathematicians believe it to be an experimental fact.”
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“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.”
-- Gabriel Lippmann -
“I got quite good results from protein plates.”
-- Gabriel Lippmann -
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“The series of photographic operations, developing, washing, final drying, takes about quarter of an hour.”
-- Gabriel Lippmann -
“The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.”
-- Gabriel Lippmann -
“When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.”
-- 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.”
-- Gabriel Lippmann -
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“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”
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Source : "The Parenting Trap" by A. A. Gill, www.vanityfair.com. November 2, 2012.
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Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com
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