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DR. REGINALD S. CLAY performed a needed and useful service when he selected for the subject of the twenty-fifth annual Traill-Taylor Memorial Lecture, which he delivered at the meeting of the Royal Photographic Society on October 10 last, “The Photographic Lens from the Historical Point of View.” It was a needed service, because a historical review of the origin and development of the photographic lens is necessary for a just estimate and balanced perspective of the many and diverse scientific factors that have to be taken into account in the production of modern photographic lenses. It was a useful service, because the fascinating and, at times, almost dramatic story that Dr. Clav had to tell brings out clearly the paramount importance of the pioneer work done in this field by British firms and scientific workers, and it must act as a useful corrective to the tendency, sometimes manifested in unexpected quarters, to underrate the value of British work in the optical field.
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The History of the Photographic Lens. Nature 110, 739–740 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110739a0
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