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IN NATURE of October 20, p. 238, Messrs. Zeiss's publicity manager questions a particular period of British supremacy in the manufacture of optical glass, and in doing so he minifies the value of Faraday and Harcourt's work. Of Harcourt he says:“The result at that time (between 1834 and 1844) was scarcely of any practical importance.”
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FRENCH, J. The Development of Optical Industries. Nature 108, 304–305 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108304b0
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