The history of three-color photography (1925)

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664 History of Three-Color Photography spaces three times as wide as the opaque. The image was split up into contiguous spectra on the plate and obviously only those colors acted that were in the subject. From the negative thus obtained, transparencies were made and viewed in the taking instrument. Reference should be made to the original paper for working details. w S&> «C ** F. Dogilbert18 suggested that sheets of celluloid could be moulded by pressure so as to form a multitude of prismatic surfaces, and on the plane side a panchromatic emulsion could be spread. Then on exposure of such a plate through the prismatically moulded surface, the color would be recorded by the diffraction and dispersion without any special arrange