Gabriel Lippmann Quotes & Sayings

11 most famous Gabriel Lippmann quotes and sayings (scientist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“Life is short and progress is slow.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer.”

“During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference fringes half a wavelength distant from each other.”

“The length of exposure (one minute in sunlight) is still too long for the portrait. It was fifteen minutes when I first began my work. Progress may continue.”