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Near vision test (Reid's Copyright)
TEST CHARTS
near vision test
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 20th c.
paper; card; leather
overall (open): 127 mm x 163 mm
2021.8
TEST CHARTS
near vision test
Europe: United Kingdom
Early 20th c.
paper; card; leather
overall (open): 127 mm x 163 mm
Reading test types consisting of a stiffened double-sided printed card, backed with red leather. Features six sets of graduated text sizes 1 to.6. ascending in various fonts (Brilliant, Minion, Small Pica, Pear, Bourgeois and Pica). The text passages are from an article on whales in Shetland, printed in The Sphere, An Illustrated Newspaper for the Home (Vol 11, 1902), p.67.
2021.8
Gift of Mr Barry Covill, 2020