Color blindness all variations in human color vision involve the red and green receptors in male eyes. It is very rare for males or females to be "blind" to the blue end of the spectrum. The first scientific paper on the subject of color blindness, "Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours", was published by the English chemist John Dalton in 1798 after the realization of his own color blindness. Because of Dalton's work, the general condition has been called "daltonism", although in English this term is now used only for deuteranopia. Color codes present particular problems for those with color
Herbert Jackson (chemist) Scientific Instrument Research Association. He died on 10 December 1936 and is buried at the parish church of Hampstead. In 1896, a year after Röntgen's discovery of X-rays, Jackson demonstrated to the Royal Society an X-ray tube that became the model for all gas-type X-ray tubes. In 1907 he presented to the Royal Society of Arts his research on detergents and bleaching agents used in the laundry industry. Herbert Jackson (chemist) Emeritus Professor Sir Herbert Jackson, KBE, FRS (1863–1936) was a British chemist. He was knighted for his work on heat-resisting and optical glasses for military use in the First