From:
Alfred P. Wire
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 September 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.428
Summary:
Compares JH's 'stereoscopic phenakistiscope' (in 'Instantaneous Photography,' 1860) with AW's invention called 'Thaumatrope.' Suggests how to make moving pictures. 'Government Certificated [School] Masters' in England, Ireland, and Scotland should be enlisted to make meteorology observations.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project