Joseph Williams Lovibond (17 November 1833 – 21 April 1918) was a British brewer who developed the world's first practical
colorimeter as a means of ensuring the high quality of his beer. He was the originator of the
Degrees Lovibond
When drinking beer, there are many factors to be considered. Principal among them are bitterness, the variety of flavours present in the beverage and their intensity, alcohol content, and colour. Standards for those characteristics allow a more ...
scale.
Biography
After accidentally losing his earnings from gold mining as a teenager, Lovibond went to work in his family's brewery. He discovered that coloration was a good index for assessing the quality of beer, and sought an accurate way of gauging color. After failed experiments with paint, on solids, a visit to Salisbury Cathedral in 1880 gave him the inspiration to use stained glass for his colorimeter, which he introduced in 1885.
Business
In 1885 he founded a company,
The Tintometer Limited, to manufacture his colorimeter which was called the ''
Lovibond Comparator The Lovibond comparator is an example of a colorimeter made in Britain by The Tintometer Ltd. It was invented in the 19th century by Joseph Williams Lovibond anupdated versionsare still available.
Description
The device is used to determine the ...
''. The company still exists and still produces an updated version of the Lovibond comparator.
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Tintometer Ltd
1833 births
1918 deaths
People from Fulham
Color scientists
Brewery workers
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