Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (1950-1954)

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34 PIERRE MERTZ (3) S. O. Rice, "Mathematical analysis of random noise," Bell Sys. Tech. J., vol. 23, p. 282; July, 1944; vol. 24, p. 46; January, 1945. (4) P. Mertz and F. Gray, "A theory of scanning," Belt Sys. Tech. J., vol. 13, p. 464; July, 1934. # S. O. Rice, "Filtered thermal noise, fluctuation of energy as a function of interval length," /. Acous. Soc. Amer., vol. 14, Part 1, p. 216; April, 1943. (5) E. H. Weber, Archiv Anat. u. Physiol, 1835, p. 152; "Der Tastsinn u. d. Gemeingefiihl," in Wagner's Handworterbuch d. Physiol., vol. 3, Pt. 2, 1846, p. 481 (Braunschweig, Berlin). G. T. Fechner, "Uber ein psychophysiches Grundgesetz," in K. Sachs, Ges. d. Wiss. zu Leipzig, Abb. 4, 1859, p. 457; Elements der Psychophysik, 1860 (Leipzig). (6) P. Moon and D. E. Spencer, "The visual effect of nonuniform surrounds," /. Opt. Soc. Amer., vol. 35, p. 233; March, 1945. (7) F. G. H. Pitt, Proceedings of Physical Society of London, vol. 51, p. 817; September 1, 1939. P. G. Nutting, Scientific Publications from the Kodak Research Laboratories, vol. 2, p. 94; 1916. . E. M. Lowry, Scientific Publications from the Kodak Research Laboratories, vol. 13, p. 138; 1929. H. Frieser and W. Munch, Kinotechnik, vol. 20, p. 85; April, 1938. (8) S. Hecht, S. Ross, and C. G. Mueller, "Visibility of lines and squares at high brightness," /. Opt. Soc. Amer:, vol. 37, p. 500; 1947. G. M. Byram, "The physiological and photochemical basis of visual resolving power," Parts I and II, /. Opt. Soc. Amer., vol. 34, pp. 571 and 714; 1944. S. Hecht and E. U. Mintz, "The visibility of single lines at various illuminations, and the retinal basis of visual resolution," J. Gen. Phys., vol. 22, p. 593; 1939. (9) An independent development of equations (23) and (24) has been informally presented by B. M. Oliver to the Television Systems Committee of RMA.