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I DO not remember ever reading or seeing any article on how people who wear spectacles should look correctly through capped lenses of scientific instruments, such as telescopes, spectroscopes, microscopes, &c., nor what sort of spectacles weak-sighted people should use for that purpose, whether their long-sighted or reading spectacles, or whether special lenses should be obtained for that purpose. If the latter, a special form of lens cap might be made for the correct spectacle glass to fit into at the proper distance from the lens cap—when it is known what is the proper distance. At present this subject seems to be ignored, and it may be worth the attention of opticians to make rules and give hints or advice on the subject, so that people with deficient eyesight, especially the aged, may have more pleasure in their observations. Perhaps some of your readers may be able to give some useful hints as to what they find it best to do in the circumstances gained by many years of practical experience.
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SCHOLES, J. Spectacles for Use with Observing Instruments. Nature 91, 215 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091215b0
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