The Outlook of British Technical Optics

Abstract

THE symposium and general discussion on “The Microscope: Its Design, Construction, and Applications,” held in the rooms of the Royal Society at Burlington House on January 14, under the auspices of the Faraday, Royal Microscopical, Optical, and Photomicrographic Societies, in co-operation with the Optical Committee of the British Science Guild, with Sir Robert Hadfield, president of the Faraday Society, in the chair, was a landmark in the history of British optics. Whether judged by the number, value, and variety of the exhibits and the papers contributed, or by the number of people who attended, the symposium was a success.