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which produces nearly monochromatic
(and long-wavelength, or “yellow”)
light. Similarly, HID headlamps
produce relatively more short-wavelength
light than the halogen headlamps
on most American vehicles, 14
and they are also consistently seen as
more glaring than halogen headlamps.
The Tip of the Iceberg?
These are just a few of the many
timely issues Stiles covers in his wide-
Circle 58 on Reader Service Card.
ranging review, 1 and I cannot encourage
everyone enough to read the
paper for themselves. Within the
pages of his paper can be found a family
of mesopic luminous efficiency
functions, a proposal for a simple
color rendering index for fluorescent
lamps, and a discussion of lighting
quality that could have come from the
latest edition of the IESNA Lighting
Handbook. Clearly, Stiles still has a lot
to say to the lighting community of
today, just as he did 50 years ago.
Overlooked Gems?
How many other overlooked gems
lie within the pages of the IESNA’s
journal? I suspect there are a lot of
them. As lighting researchers and
practitioners, we have an obligation
to find them, study them and apply
them to our work. Building on that
legacy, we might indeed find new
insights under the sun.
References
1. Stiles WS. 1954.Visual factors in
lighting. Illum. Eng. 49: 77.
2.Weston HC. 1954.Visual fatigue.
Illum. Eng. 49: 63.
3. Helson H. 1954. Color and
vision. Illum. Eng. 49: 92.
4. Blackwell HR.1954.The problem
of specifying the quantity and quality
of illumination. Illum. Eng. 49: 93.
5. Fry GA. 1954.A re-evaluation of
the scattering theory of glare. Illum.
Eng. 49: 98.
6. Rea MS (ed.). 2000. IESNA
Lighting Handbook, 9th ed. New York,
NY: Illuminating Engineering Society
of North America.
7. Dresler A. 1953.The non-additivity
of heterochromatic brightness.
Trans. Illum. Eng. Soc. (London) 18: 141.
8. Alman DH. 1977. Errors of the
standard photometric system when
measuring the brightness of general
illumination light sources. 7: 55.
9. Guth SL, Massof RW,
Benzschawel T.1980.Vector model for
normal and dichromatic color vision.
J. Opt. Soc.Am. 70: 197.
10.Weale RA. 1953. Spectral sensitivity
and wavelength discrimination of
the peripheral retina. J. Physiol. 114: 435.
11. Van Derlofske J. 2003. Research
recap:HID headlamps - Balancing visibility
versus glare. Light. Des.Appl. 33(5): 10.
12.Van Derlofske J. 2003. Research
matters:Glare - A moving target on the
roadway. Light. Des.Appl. 33(12): 17.
13. Ferguson HM, Reeves J, Stevens
WR. 1953. A note on the relative discomfort
glare from mercury,sodium and
tungsten light sources. GEC J. (July): 20.
14.Bullough JD,Fu Z,Van Derlofske
J.2002.Discomfort and disability glare
from halogen and HID headlamp systems
(SAE paper 2002-01-0010). In
Advanced Lighting Technology for Vehicles
(p. 1). Warrendale, PA: Society of
Automotive Engineers.