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The Optics Book
1. Before Optics 2. Ligth and Ilumination Illumination requeriments 3. Reflection and refraction 4. Geometrical Optics and thin lenses 5. The human eye 6. Optics instruments 7. Scattering & spectrum 8. Color 9. Interferences & difraction 10. Polarization 11. Quantic Optics
Illumination requeriments
Use
Foot Candles
Comparable with outdoor light.For photography, hospital operating rooms
1000
Color-matching in manufacturing
500
Extra fine inspection work
200
Prolonged seeing tasks involving fine detail
100
Lengthy seeing tasks-drafting, sewing
50
Rough bench-and machine work; reading or writing for short periods
20
Intermittent visual work; rough manufacturing, stockrooms
10
Auditoriums,corridors, etc.; general illumination in the home
5