The theory of color in its relation to art and art-industry (1876)
Bezold, Wilhelm von, 1837-1907, Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919 · Boston : L. Prang and Co. · leaf 175
-trian»le. The circumference is marked withlines, which denote the number of vibrations, so that, in pro-gressing from line to line, we meet at each new line with a DO color executing 10 trillions more of vibrations in a secondthan that having its place at the previous line. The number50 denotes… … with which light is propagated through space, and the deter-mination of this velocity is again dependent upon an exactknowledge of the distance between the earth and the sun.Every new and more reliable measurement of this distanceis therefore accompanied by small corrections in the numbersalluded…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Painting
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