dareLl boyd harmon, phd

writing and contributions

Darrell Boyd Harmon (1898-1975)

Honorary Life Member in OEP signed by EB Alexander, AM Skeffington and Jewel Young

Some selected writings of DB Harmon. Lot’s more to come

The Coordinated Classroom Lectures and associated Materials

Lectures 1-3

This paper was written in 1953 and was directed to the members of the Illuminating Engineers Society and was published in their journal. It makes the cogent point that the visual process is integrated throughout the whole of the visual field and that trying to set lighting values independently will miss helping people operate with maximal efficiency.

This paper resulted from Harmon analyzing over 100 randomly selected patients from the practice of Robert A. Kraskin, OD. Two versions of this were found in the Dr. Kraskin’s papers. The one posted here is the second edition, which had major revisions to it.

This paper was written by Dr. David A. Goss and it was published in the Journal of Optometry History, Volume 49, Number 4, October 2018. It is presented here with permission from the author.

This paper by Dr. Harmon was recently discovered in the back of a report by him on the benefits of open classrooms. It was in a tranche of documents from the late Robert A Kraskin, OD’s library. It is a gem!

References From Harmon’s Personal Library - These are articles that Harmon found informative. In many instances you can get the PDF directly from this list. In some other instances the articles exist on sites that you might have to pay for the article. If you want any of these please email Paul Harris directly with your request.

  • Brock, Frederick W., “New Methods for Testing Binocular Control”, 1963 PDF

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “A Correlation Between Illumination Intensity and Nervous Muscular Tension Resulting From Visual Effort” 1933 PDF

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “Area and Brightness of Stimulus Related to the Pupillary Light Reflex” 1934 Journal of the Optical Society of America - Full Journal

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “A Restricted Extension of Fechner’s Law From Sensation to Behavior”, 1942 APA PsycNet

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “A View of the Cortical Integrational Process Through Liminal Visual Stimuli” 1934 APA PsycNET

  • Luckiesh, M., & Guth, SK, “Discomfort Glare and Angular Distance of Glare-Source”, 1946 Illuminating Engineering PDF

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “Effects of Astigmatism on the Visibility of Print”, 1943 PDF for Purchase

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “Fatigue of Convergence Induced by Reading as a Funcation of Illumination Intensity”, 1935 ScienceDirect

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F, “Functions of Relative Accommodation”, 1941 ScienceDirect

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F, “Initial and Residual Effect of Ophthalmic Prisms on Visibility and Accommodation”, 1943 JAMA Ophthalmology

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F, “Intrinsic Brightness as a Factor in Discomfort from Glare”, 1941 Optica Publishing Group

  • Luckiesh, M., Moss, F., “Muscular Tension Resulting From Glare”, 1933 Taylor & Francis Online

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “A New Method of Subjective Refraction at the Near-Point”, 1941 OVS

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “New Method of Subjective Refraction Involving Identical Technics in Static and in Dynamic Tests”, 1940 JAMA Ophthalmology

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., Hall, R., “On the Attainment of Simultaneous Binocular Vision in Orthoptic Training”, 1937 PDF

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “Prescribing Light and Lighting”, 1936 PDF

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “Reflex Effects From Critical Seeing”, 1935 ScienceDirect

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “Size of Pupil as a Possible Index of Ocular Fatigue”, 1933 ScienceDirect

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “The Applied Science of Seeing” 1933 PDF

  • Luckiesh, M., Moss, F., “The Avoidance of Dynamic Accommodation Through the use of a Brightness-Contrast Threshold” 1937 ScienceDirect

  • Luckiesh, M., Moss, F., “The Dependency of Visual Acuity upon Stimulus-Distance” 1933 Optica Publishing Group

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “The Extent of the Perceptual Span in Reading”, 1941, Taylor & Francis Online

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “The Plus-Power Bias in Static Refraction”, 1941 OVS PDF

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “The Variation in Visual Acuity with Fixation-Distance” 1941 Optica Publishing Group

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “Visibility and Readability of Print on White and Tinted Papers”, 1938 National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc. Whole Journal

  • Luckiesh, M., & Moss, F., “The Visibility and Readability of Printed Matter”, 1939 APA PsycNET

  • Luckiesh, Matthew, “Visual Acuity and Visual Tasks”, 1944, Illuminating Engineering PDF

  • McCulloch, WS, et al., “An Electrical Hyopthesis of Central Inhibition and Facilitation”, 1950 Emergent Publication (Github)

  • McCulloch, WS, Lettvin, JY, “Somatic Functions of the Central Nervous System”, 1948 Annual Review of Physiology

  • McCulloch, WS, “Towards Some Circuitry of Ethical Robots”, 1952 PDF

  • Peterson, EW, et al., “Production of Postural Tremor”, 1949 Journal of Neurophysiology

  • Snider, RS, McCulloch, WS, Magoun, HW, “A Cerebello-Bulbo-Reticular Pathway for Suppression” 1949 NIH National Library of Medicine.