Gabriel Lippmann
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Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann was a French applied physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for his invention of the Lippmann plate, a method of photographically reproducing colour
Lippmann in 1908
Professor Lippmann in the Sorbonne laboratory for research in physics (Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne, NuBIS)
Lippmann electrometer
A colour photograph made by Lippmann in the 1890s. It contains no pigments or dyes of any kind.
Lippmann plate
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Lippmann process photography is an early color photography method and type of alternative process photography. It was invented by French scientist Gabriel Lippmann in 1891 and consists of first focusi
Early colour photograph (c. 1891–1899) by Lippmann of the Matterhorn
To create a Lippmann plate, a light-sensitive emulsion of silver halide dispersed in gelatin is coated onto a glass photographic plate (Shown here: collodion solution). Later, the back is painted black and a prism is glued to the front to control reflection.
A still life by Lippmann
Venice by Lippmann