Leonard T. Troland

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Leonard T. Troland
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Leonard T. Troland was president of the Optical Society of America from 1922 to 1923.[1]

He gave his name to the troland (symbol Td), the unit of conventional retinal illuminance. It is meant as a method for correcting photometric measurements of luminance values impinging on the human eye by scaling them by the effective pupil size.


References

  1. ^ "Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America". Optical Society of America. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)


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