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Glen,
You should find a publisher and write a book on Astronomy in the Southern Skies !!
What a historical astronomical feast and extremely well documented
I have to say that James Dunlop to me is an unsung hero of Astronomy in the early to mid 1800’s. The equipment he was using was so primitive compared to today and eye health during those times would have been poor.
One the Topic of Optics and eye health , my wife’s grandfather and great grandfather opened the first eye hospital in Hamrun on the island of Malta in the late 1800’s ( both studied in London ) and in those times eye health was a huge issue throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. My wife’s cousin has a room in his house dedicated to the history of his grandfather and great grandfather with quite a few original historical books , logs , papers , reports , eye implements , spectacles and jars of chemicals and so on … used to treat patients.
Most interesting my Wife’s family history In the late 1800’s
They were an affluent family
Thanks Glen for your interest and dedication to our past astronomical pioneers
Cheers
Martin
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