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John Dalton — The Facts Concerning His Colour Blindness
Author(s) -
Elliott R L
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1984.tb00948.x
Subject(s) - blindness , colour vision , optometry , computer science , artificial intelligence , medicine
John Dalton made a number of notable contributions to science, but he was also colour blind. This short paper discusses the evidence leading to the discovery of his colour blindness and describes Dalton's work on colour vision. The nomenclature of colour vision defects is briefly mentioned.