8 DECEMBER 1906, page 10

Aids To Vision.

H ELMHOLTZ was fond of saying, in proof of the imper- fections of the human eye, that he would unhesitatingly reject any piece of work sent to him by an instrument-maker which......

Moral Snobbishness. T Fiackeray Defined A Snob As "that...

woman who is always pretending to be better—especially richer or more fashionable—than they are." Many ramifications of the original meaning have, however, been added to the......