British Library / Observatory’s library / University of California Research Library / National Maritime Museum / Royal Observatory / /
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analogous systems / electro-chemical signals / mechanical systems / subtle network / mid-twentieth century device / final product / electricity / chromatic energy / observational and imaging technologies / /
Organization
University of California / Special Collections Division / /
Person
Ben Bova / Rene Descartes / René Descartes / William Herschel / Jonathan Crary / Kemp / Michael Wenyon / Thomas Young / Isaac Newton / Hudson / John Gage / Susan Gamble / /
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investigator / seminal Enlightenment mathematician and scientist / optical engineer / astronomer / poet / physician / artist / Constable / painter / art historian and scientist / /
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Illinois / New York / /
Technology
132 technologies / observational and imaging technologies / /
Chapter 6. Mapping light. The idea that all the colours of the visible world could be subsumed under the three primaries, red, yellow, and blue, was …derived from the painterly experience of mixing material pigments, r