AIRY, Sir George Biddell
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On a peculiar defect in the eye, and a mode of correcting it.Trans. Cambr. phil. Soc. (1825), 2, 267-73, 1827.Airy, Britain's Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, was the first to devise a sphereocylindrical lens for correcting astigmatism, a condition from which he himself suffered in his left eye. Airy's method is still used today. Subjects: OPHTHALMOLOGY › Diseases of the Eye, Optometry › Spectacles |