I think I said what you just posted, in my post. I just did it with fewer words. There is much more modern information, probably in patents as I have stated earlier.
Still, I get the impression a lot of "knowledge" is just theory in disguise.
But, if I undestood your point, I agree the gap in photography between industy and theory was pretty deep.
Perhaps it was only colory theory that was at the head of the arrow?