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Paper, 'On the method of examination of photographic lenses at the Kew Observatory [London]' by Leonard Darwin

Reference number: PP/20/25

Date: 1892

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Darwin writes: 'The Kew Committee of the Royal Society decided, about a year ago, to undertake the examination of photographic lenses, thus adding one more to the already numerous list of tests and certificates issued by the Kew Observatory. Captain Abney was the member of the Committee who originated the idea, and he was requested to organise the system in detail. This he undertook to do, but unfortunately it proved that official duties and his work in connexion with colour vision, &c., made it impossible for him to give the necessary time to the enquiry.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes 11 pages of geometrical diagrams and diagrams of experimental apparatus.

Subject: Optics / Scientific apparatus and instruments

Received 13 April 1892. Read 2 June 1892. Communicated by William de Wiveleslie Abney.

A version of this paper was published in volume 52 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the method of examination of photographic lenses at the Kew Observatory'.

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PP/20/25
Earliest possible date
1892
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
103 pages
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Typescript
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Leonard Darwin

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Leonard Darwin, Paper, 'On the method of examination of photographic lenses at the Kew Observatory [London]' by Leonard Darwin, 1892, PP/20/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_20_25/paper-on-the-method-of-examination-of-photographic-lenses-at-the-kew-observatory-london-by-leonard-darwin, accessed on 05 October 2024

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