I i mmf] m jilllii— it " DISCOVERY IN OPTICS. A report has just, been made to the Pari Academy of Sciences by Dr. Forfin, an eminent optician of France, which is now attracting attention throughout the civilised world. The pliKyicians who are investigating Dr. Fortin's theory Arid that tite liznt from a mercury-vapour lamp passing thiouah two sheets of bine glass and reflected into ti»e eye t>y a large Jens reveals the internal condition of the eye irafindterj better than ordinary white light. Hj placing a screen with a pin-hole between the light and the eye, a magnified ima« of the vessels at the back of the retina, which lias heretofore been invisible, baa been obtained. Thw discovery in optics ia regarded as one of the most advanced step# in tbis field of science.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2211, 5 September 1910, Page 2
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