The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-27
BEETLEs's EYES LENS.
Reproduce n Mans Head Hundreds
of Times
From the Chicago Times-Herald.


From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Dr. G. F. Allen of Aurora, ILL.,, has accom-
piished the marvellous feat of taking a
photograph through a lens composed of a
beetles eye. A separate outline Of the
image at which the camera was directed
was seen on every one of the hundreds Of
OF facets which are part and parcel of the
eye OF the insect so familiar to us all
ms Is the first instance where anything
OF the sort has been accomplished. Hereto
Tore there has beensany quantity of theory
out great lack of practice. Now II is
SHOWN in that most convincing of forms a
photograph. 1t all came about thronob
curious statement made in a meetins Of
the British Scientific Association. ar witch
Prof w. M. Steine Of the Armour Institute
called attention to very curious and in
teresting lantern slide in his possessio,
during discussion OF the properties of
the Roentgen rays a leading scientist suq-
Sesteu lnat as certain insects had svSs
seemingly unadapted to see bv or1in 60 So
OF the X rays ny mednS
It was held bv a nuroba- 90 A.,
IN attendance at the association S nasaiits
s snat me &-fay could hardly be termed q .
ne disoS, 20 Visua.ization. So warm did
daoiS q1Se tssioh become that it was finally
eye of a chosen insect 'eSe with the
beetiia alien ~ OF Aurora chose the eyes of a
Of everv " o demonstrate to the satisfaction
y! every one that the x-ray was No ia 81 ~
sIsudiizatlon Whatever. The resnit oF ~ ~
0 u1de I liuSHI proves conclusively that NJ
men W. a. ana Lhat the eminent gentle
lia s = VINO 10 favored the x-ray tbeort tua,o
~ Lar from the truth as was PSaa WE
mays !, "heh ne insisted that tine sun DO
1t is a curious study that th,. -,
52u,ap1 rays open to the layInen ~ s p,ioeo-
ve ,1 D tisH mas a curious PROTECTING eve
sees is similar rr TO the sort one Sometimes
round, or almost so, Ii ie not . ~ anu
S3RPneres put is slightly convex in Sbas1,
one me accompanying picture shows rea1iv
insects have eyes called cornnonnd e ouch
eu NOT , OF one lens, but of several bI,ndrad
Ses Side by side like cells In a honev,
Writing of this photograph Prof GET.
81 the Armour Institute says of DR. AZ
Ae !sT picture OF the insects slight wor1d.
Herald .ne 10 Eq nsf Of the Sunday Times
cornea of the eye Of beetle S1vdTonht Ine
plceus) and employed it in Dlace n ne
used Used I'm Pr0IosIdpnic lens of the camera
scoplc objects. A silhouette of head was
PaS,e1 l,, on piece OF ground glass and
rJ1s1p paced 'a upon Il. A Photographic dry
through the beetles eye from the nIiss
ner, mail
'As can be seen. tho resnlt,,,, ,,,.,
graph was circular. and contained saveraI
nundred images of the profile, one. indeed
Tor each facet of the eye. The caners
useu Ior taxing large number of stimuli
taneous photographs and objects ~ ~.
physical analogue of such an eve IT,
relation OF the eyes of such insects to
those of mammals with the sinpla ad{nst
able lens is that of a single focus or sna,e
shot camera to the ordinary form In uhiah
the focus is adjustable 80 ""i0h
~
form their judgments of dIstanca Sso,-s
such multiple images, depending iinon fbo
power OF each facet to refract light RAYS
he g ibe es ares me OBJECT the greater would
retna.- 1t Is scarcely conceivabIa tbat
rays not capable of refraction or Of ne
ing yocu e wnicn Is the case with the
able judgment to be formed on the dis-
lance Of an object w. M sire"
a.. .i.,S IN, me image rs shown hundred
and perfect Very fine and delicate are
the lines. TO be sure, and the features are
ohIy alsting uisnao pie clearly by the aid OF
the wonderful handiwork Of nature has
never been more clearly shown than
when this e, eye with artificial stimulus car
ries out the part for which II was created
II so happens that In this Instance a all
houette was used instead OF the Ordinary
photograph. other and similar expert
truth Of the statement as 10 the accurafe
reproduction Of every lineament OF the bu-
man face To gain an adequate idea Of
exactly what photograph through the
multiple facets Of a beetles eye accom-
piishes. look carefully into the eye OF some
person who y close 70 and looking stead
lastly al you. You Will see reelected In
the eye Of the other your own face. clear
and distinct, with not ycstige OF a line
missing: Now this 10 Just what happens
eyes are reflected several hundred times
This is what the photograph taken ~
Dr. Allen shows. IL y one or the most re-
markabie combinations Of dffferopf
branches Of science that tho world has
get seen.
One Of the deer llncenses Issued IN
Kalkaska county. Mich. this year, was
taken ouf by q woman Nra. George Hell
sell tifhouRh well along iu years. she
camps or very ~ Win her husband