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goggles for optic experiments
goggles for optic experiments

goggles for optic experiments

Date1975-1985
Inventory Number2004-1-0113
ClassificationGoggles
Subject
    User Edwin H. Land 1909 - 1991
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions11 × 17.5 × 10 cm (4 5/16 × 6 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
        box: 10.8 × 39.4 × 33 cm (4 1/4 × 15 1/2 × 13 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionScuba goggles modified with slide holders that held color filters.
          Signedunsigned
          FunctionUsed by Land for his experiments with color vision (Retinex theory).
          ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.
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