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Helmholtz in English
Harrow, Benjamin | May 12, 1926 issue

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The article critically appraises the book "Helmholtz's Treaties on Physiological Optics," edited by James P.C. Southall. Hermann von Helmholtz, the foremost German physicist of the nineteenth century, gave a new direction to physiological research in his "Sensations of Tone" and "Physiological Optics." The first book has long been available in English; the second has had to wait until now to be translated. In 1921 the Optical Society of America celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Helmholtz, and it was decided to commemorate the event by bringing out an English version of "Physiological Optics," which, first published in 1867, had expanded by 1909 into three bulky volumes.

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BOOKS; HELMHOLTZ'S Treaties on Physiological Optics (Book); SOUTHALL, James P. C.; VON Helmholtz, Hermann; PHYSIOLOGICAL Optics (Book); OPTICAL Society of America
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