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Technological Tasks and Philosophical Ideas

Link Introduction
Link Cultures of Sciences, Cultures of Technology
Link Number, Order, Form
Link Expertise and Experience
Link Conclusions

Interactions Between Techniques and Ideas

Link Parameters of Color Quality
Link Coloration and Chemistry
Link Sources, Materials, Techniques

Details of Products and Production

Link Verbal Sources
Link Object Sources
Link Printed Sources
Link Institutionalizing Practices Through Print
Link Order in Publication
Link Words for Color
Link Constant de Massoul
Link Mauclerc
Link Pfannenschmid
Link Vincent de Montpetit
Link Gautier d'Agoty
Link Le Blon
Link Neilson, Quemiset, and Homassel
Link Palmer
Link Quintessential Blues
Link Turkey Red
Link Varnish
Link Cudbear and Pompadour
Link Gonin
Link Peckitt and Berg
Link Pont
Link Prussian Blue
Link Purple of Cassius
Link Saxon Blue and Saxon Green
Link Painted and Stained Glass
Link Painted Fabric
Link Printed Fabric
Link Hand-Colored Engraving
Link Porcelain Plaque
Link Oil Painting
Link References to Encaustic Painting
Link Cobalt Refining
Link Gonin's Work Schedule
Link Blue from Ultramarine
Link Mayer's Color Algebra
Link Treatises of Watin and Mauclerc
Link Schiffermüller's Color System
Link Sections of the Supplément
Link Lichtenberg on Mayer's Triangle
Link Werner's Color System

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