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Most of the advances in science and industry during the past hundred years have been improvements in technique leading to lower production costs. This is understandable, since profit was the principal motive for these developments. Humanitarian considerations came a very poor second, if indeed they played any part at all.
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Kalff, L.C. (1971). Development of Lighting Technique. In: Creative Light. Philips Technical Library. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01130-8_11
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