Science: Colorimeter

Two professors of the physics department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced last week the invention of a colorimeter which may displace human judgment in matching colors. By means of the colorimeter, the record of the color of a gown, a ribbon or even a flower can be made in Manhattan and transmitted by telegraph to San Francisco to be matched accurately.

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