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Light and lighting (1908)

Illuminating Engineering Society, Association of Public Lighting Engineers (Great Britain) · [London] · leaf 47

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calls for onelevel of adaptation, the outlying partscorresponding to the Stygian darknessof the rooDi call for a much lower levelof adaptation, i.e., a higher degree tosensitiveness of the retina. Still worsewhen direct vision Avanders. as it does,from the bright light to the darkness,the… … Fig. li.—Indirect lii^lititi^ in liotel corridor. Dr. Co1)b. in discussing glare,likens a light source in the field ofvision to a loud noise in that it distractsand tends to capture ones attention.There is a strong tendency to turn theeyes toward the light source, or it maybe in some cases just the…

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