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Coloured ‘Perspex’ for Darkroom Lights

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King and Ventura1 have recently directed attention to the value of coloured ‘Perspex’ in the construction of filters for colorimetry, and it may be of interest to describe a similar use to which this material had been put in this laboratory.

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BALLARD, L. Coloured ‘Perspex’ for Darkroom Lights. Nature 170, 840–841 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170840a0

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