. Physical researches on sensation [by] Frank Allen [and others]. ALLEN. [Vol. XVII. HYPOTHESES OF COLOR V[S10N FIRST PERIOD(540 A. D.) PYTHAGORAS ^^^q EMPEDOCLES ( ; 1500 ) (400 ) PLATO I(429-348 ) HELIODORUS(60 A. D.) EPICURUS(300 ) LUCRETIUS (97-53 ) SENECA (4 -65 A. D.) ARISTOTLE(3S0 ) E. PORTA(1660 A. D.) FLETCHER ff ^^^^(1671 A. D.) (1290 A. 0.) I DE DOMINIS(1611 ) DESCARTES(1600) ROHAULT MALEBRANCHE (1700) (1638-1716; ALHAZEN(1072 ) GRIMALDI(1666) HOOKE(1670) DE LA HIRE (1700J DESCHALES HOEBES(1588-1679) TOBIAS MAYER(1758) BREWST
. Physical researches on sensation [by] Frank Allen [and others]. ALLEN. [Vol. XVII. HYPOTHESES OF COLOR V[S10N FIRST PERIOD(540 A. D.) PYTHAGORAS ^^^q EMPEDOCLES ( ; 1500 ) (400 ) PLATO I(429-348 ) HELIODORUS(60 A. D.) EPICURUS(300 ) LUCRETIUS (97-53 ) SENECA (4 -65 A. D.) ARISTOTLE(3S0 ) E. PORTA(1660 A. D.) FLETCHER ff ^^^^(1671 A. D.) (1290 A. 0.) I DE DOMINIS(1611 ) DESCARTES(1600) ROHAULT MALEBRANCHE (1700) (1638-1716; ALHAZEN(1072 ) GRIMALDI(1666) HOOKE(1670) DE LA HIRE (1700J DESCHALES HOEBES(1588-1679) TOBIAS MAYER(1758) BREWSTER(1831) SECOND PERIOD(1671-1801) NEWTON (1671) a WALLEREULER \ (1686) (1752) ; ^gel NOLLE! (1756) WUNBCH(1792) THIRD PERIOD(1801-1374) YOUNG (1801) WOLLASTON(1802) SCHOPENHAUER(1817) — ZENKER(1867) nEXLEYi~(l834J HELMHOUTZ (1352) G0ETH6(1810) MAXWELL (1860) FOURTH PERIOD(1874- ) ;harpentier (1377) PREYER(1881)DROOP(1383)OLLIVER(1884) BURNETT(1886)ROECHLIN(1886)BURTON<1888) Igoller (1888) PREOBRASCHENSKY (1889)HUNT;i892) LODGE(1894)NICATI(1896)PATTEN(1897J. VON KHIES(1897) EBBINGHAUS(1893) STOHR.(1898) No. 3 ] TJIE inJOTJ/ESES OF COLOK f/S/oX. I 53 vision is caused by jiarticles contimially fl\inj^ from tlic surfaces ofbodies and entering the e)e. A century after these, and IMato |iut forward thedoctrine that tlie cause of vision is something emitted b\ tlie eyewhich meeting with something else that proceeds from the object istlicreby retlected back again. In other words sight was considereda species of touch due to invisible feelers having their origin in theeye. Aristotle (Do Anima. Lib. 2, Cap. 6: 350 H. C.) maintainetl thatlight is incorporeal. His ideas are best illustrated by a reference tothe rainbow, in accounting for which ver) many theories of colorproduction originated. He thought that the colors were due to im-perfect reflection from raindrops, the image of the sun being dis-torted and color onl\ exhibited. Aristotle also taught that blackand white
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