The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-27
SIGHT PRESERVED.

~ IL RIiSbefss ItI q PKEVpsTpn- i}VtsS
SES-Rs sEMM0NS a co. the oelsbTated English
ritlANS and manufacturers Of the improved
ttAEilAN pEBBLE SPECrACLES, respectfully
s-15unre their arrival with splendid assignment OF
I"r newly Invented and improved SPECTAHLES,
'.l may be- consulted at their office, over {. NESTr
-NVR = 10 lac ALsa s1reet, opposite R>Sas. hen;,
TH".r ia.sc- arr mhle Of the pureat Brazil Pebble
@i cau-trusted in accordance with tho philosophy
nature, 10 the peculiar form OF IA csncaVe convex
@rror and their Transparency IA perfect that the
"arer can only perceive ho has them by the i'm
F'rinrni In Elr sight. The great novelty in them
> be focus which il disposed in peculiar manner
- 49, 10 Cvuuteract the lnhrnty which il il intend
4! 10 remedy In word to give an idea OF the srl-
-a 1rity ami usefulness of these improved specta-
~ 4 will sufdCe 10 ray, that thsy have been mani
! "u"iy approved ~ by the mo=t celebrated physi-
49, and 7oulirts q Europe and America.
The eNp"rit ice they have thus acquired, combined
~ Their perfect knowledge Of optical science ena-
e- ghrm 10 decide with certainty the mere In
s5'on Of the eyes, What art of glasses best
j"i 10 c,s their defect Of vision either to give
Sietser strength, or merely u preserve II, az may
- a'vesstry Wlthqnt causing any apparent change,
t-i fatigue oT WrakAeu5.
RICHMOND, July Ist, lsT7
Aavr eu,mincl and sufficiently well tried the Bra
sla4 Pebble spectac.s Of semmon. 4 Co, TO come
r ~ conclusion that they decidedly preferable
]s'y have ever nrs1, The principle upon which
~, are c"nstructed il eon1ousnt with the laws Of
! g.. and the maEnifying power Is remarkably
-. developed. RO. ". HAAALL, N. u.
have examined tho Spectaclo- manufactured yby
a-asis- -emR0ns 4 Co, and regard the lens used
zA-arJ-conVe2l Ar decidedly superior 10 the double
xa'rI lens ii common use. They are uearly free
tssl the dsfrc; of spherical alteration allow u dis
b. vision through any part Of the lens and from
-rrr sLs intercept m9e OF the rays Of light which
~ b the eye. JAMES bolton NJ u.
S.cAaoxD, July 81. 1871
RICHMOND July 81, 1887.
haTe no doubt that the spectacies Of the hessrs.
o7lIuous are the best now known.
CHAS. BELL GIBSON, NJ. D,
Prof Surg. Med. Col, Va.
RIcanoNp July 4th, 1857.
'uy concur in the opinion expressed by Drs
sb-5n Haxni and others, of the superiority Of the
JAS. H. CONWAY, ". D.,
Prof. Obptet., Med Col, Va.
RICHMOND July 9th, 1857.
After a careful trisi Of the spectaeles Of hessrs.
s-4 ions s Co. satiiod, that In preparing them
IL,%ji,hy and art have combined 20 produce the
s| 4s4slAnt for vision impaired by advancing years
lave usti =,
Tie en. is 30 constructed ~ 10 render IL equally
gsf.t throughout while the size and -kilful adjust
H'I Of the position Of the frame prevent the cross
kal' which objectionable IN other spectacies.
Ltr material moreover of which the lens Is com
Ip-7 ia far better adapted To practical nse than
.ass- cAu pDsrbIy be- as il Is much harder and less
I1~us and consequently lees liable to be defaeed
- Jury 10 ts sHTfsce, By the absorption ot
lfaJus Hattrr which So readily Obscurer the trans
l"Lr repolInl mend the speetaees OF Mensrs. Sem
ioAa CO. " tAose Whose sight re4nfes assistance.
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