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Definition of Gabriel Lippmann

1. Noun. French physicist who developed the first color photographic process (1845-1921).

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Literary usage of Gabriel Lippmann

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"... Gabriel Lippmann, the discoverer of color photography, has just made another di^overy that, if found practicable, will revolutionize the art of ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"This principle is applied in the Lippmann colour photography, which was suggested by W. Zenker, realized by Gabriel Lippmann, and further investigated by RG ..."

3. The American Annual of Photography (1912)
"The Lippmann process referred to is the invention of Prof. Gabriel Lippmann in 1891, and depends on the phenomena of interference ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"... Gabriel Lippmann, Moritz's College Mathematics Notebook and College Engineering Notebook, and Harris's Gravitation, by EB Wilson; "Notes"; ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"Professor Gabriel Lippmann was admitted into the Society. A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks ordered for them. ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"Professors Albert Heim, Gabriel Lippmann, G. Mittag-Leffler, and G. Schiaparelli were, at the meeting on the 26th of November, balloted for and elected ..."

7. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1910)
"Gabriel Lippmann, Faculty of Sciences, Paris, appointed member of Council of Administration of Thiers Trust, object of which is to enable young teachers or ..."

8. Eminent Chemists of Our Time by Benjamin Harrow (1920)
"In those days the head of the physical science department at the Sorbonne was Gabriel Lippmann, whose pioneer work in color photography is known wherever ..."

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