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Kindem, Forham A. – Journal of the University Film Association, 1979
Discusses the film industry's conversion to color cinematography in the period between the 1920s and 1960s. Cites economic considerations, technological modifications, and aesthetic preferences by audiences as factors in this development. (JMF)
Descriptors: Color, Economic Factors, Film Industry, Film Production
Peer reviewedOrna, Mary Virginia – Journal of Chemical Education, 1980
Reviews historical and ongoing links between the chemical industry and art. Covers additional topics concerning the three components of color production and the molecular basis of light modification by colored compounds. (CS)
Descriptors: Art, Art Materials, Chemistry, College Science
PDF pending restorationDevons, Samuel – 1976
Information related to the history of optics with emphasis on the classical and medieval periods is presented. Notes are included on experiments dealing with refraction at a plane interface between two media; refraction by transparent spheres; light, color, and reflection by transparent spheres. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: College Science, Color, Higher Education, Light
Download full textDevons, Samuel – 1975
The life and work of Isaac Newton and his investigations of light and color are described in detail. Notes include preliminary observations of chromatic dispersion; dispersion by an equilateral prism; the "Experimentum Crucos" or the composite nature of white light; the nature of colored light and illumination; transmissions and…
Descriptors: Biographies, College Science, Color, Higher Education
Gutenko, Gregory – 1993
The introduction and acceptance of color television and the National Television System Committee (NTSC) color standard are reviewed for the lessons they hold for the future of high definition television (HDTV). Between 1946 and 1974, 28 years of salesmanship were required to move color television from the experimental phase to its assimilation…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Broadcast Reception Equipment, Color, Educational Technology
Berkowitz, J. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
Competent authorities seem to agree as to the causes of eye strain in school children other than congenital defects. Standard works on diseases of the eye are practically unanimous in declaring that myopia results from the protracted and unhygienic use of the eyes in near work. Most of the factors tending to cause eye strain exist in the schools.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Human Body, Physical Fitness, Vision Tests
Barnard, Henry, Ed. – American Journal of Education, 1860
This book is the ninth volume of a bound periodical. The "American Journal of Education" was established to enter into a range of education-related discussion and investigation. This volume includes No. 22, September 1860 to No. 23, December 1860. Among the topics discussed in issue 22 are: moral education; the original significance of…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Values, Education, Universities
