Gabriel Lippmann quotes

Gabriel Lippmann quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“[On the Gaussian curve, remarked to PoincarÃ©:] Experimentalists think that it is a mathematical theorem while the mathematicians believe it to be an experimental fact.”
-- Gabriel Lippmann

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“Life is short and progress is slow”
-- Gabriel Lippmann

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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

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“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

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“The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.”
-- Gabriel Lippmann

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“When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection.”
-- Gabriel Lippmann

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“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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