From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
John Henry Dallmeyer
Date:
[30 September 1866]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.167
Summary:
Provides a physical explanation for a white patch in the center of JD's photograph.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Provides a physical explanation for a white patch in the center of JD's photograph.
Is he acquainted with his ordinary reading glass? Gives details. Always carries a small one around with him for reading small print; thinks there would be a good market for them.
Outlining suitability of various types of glass for optical work. Gives details of theories of his reading lenses and calls attention to one of his own papers in the R.S.P.T. for 1821.