Snellen test type wall chart

By Storey and Company 1930. So familiar to us all and certainly a huge part of my life from an early age, the test was invented in 1862 by Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen. At the very interesting In Plain Sight exhibition at the Wellcome Collection. Lots of fascinating objects - spectacles from way back, Inuit snow goggles, art work and old ophthalmological textbooks.

Busy fraugh,t day at work - firming up plans for a new ticket tracker (feeling a bit rushed), more unhappy staff and not enough ticked off the to-do list. Got extremely irked by someone arguing with our style and capitalisations and sent a snippy email, basically called them illiterate.

Thanks for all the fine comments and faves on my foggy images. Weather a little less striking, just overcast and cold

3 good things
1. Fish pie in the canteen with Ivan and Alice.
2. Getting to an exhibition.
3. More fish - fishfingers in pitta for supper.

Hidden https://365project.org/boxplayer/365/2023-02-09

9 February 2023
King's Cross NW1

[Yao RL]

See this yearly, but no idea about its inventor, interesting.

[Kathy A]

So glad my glasses allow me to read this chart

[Judith Johnson]

Nice look into the past. Peter remembers looking at a sight chart when he was young. The optician said just stand there. He asked where he should start, as he could read the line second from bottom. Optician said you should be able the read them all at your age, (6) He then read out 'Ipco sight chart'. He's never forgotten it!

[John Falconer]

I just passed my eye test. At my age they test you every year! Nice shot.

[Renee Salamon]

Great shot - letters are different now. I can’t read the bottom line Sven with my very very strong glasses 😔

[Susan Wakely]

I needed to zoom in on the bottom line.

[Joan Robillard]

Very much familiar

[Judy]

Brilliant ☺️

[Babs]

I can read all the lines as long as I am wearing my glasses.

[Oli Lindenskov]

Nice 👍😊

[Harry J Benson]

Very familiar; but you did get some off of the to–do list

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[Margaret Brown]

Nice capture, I must get mine tested, Covid put the block on my tests.

[Kate]

Interesting to know the eye chart has been around since 1862

[gloria jones]

Neat image and narrative

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice pic, since 1862!

[Carole Sandford]

Nice shot. I think I am over due a sight test.

[Loopy-Lou]

Great shot and interesting read

[Casablanca]

I love these eye charts. Having worn glasses since I was 7, this has always been a part of my history.
But then I had a Polish friend who loved to tell the joke:
Optician: Can you read this please?
Polish patient: Read it? I know him!

[Boxplayer]

@casablanca 🤣 it's so much a part of my life I had to stand a certain distance away and see how far I could read! I can remember a time when I didn't have to wear glasses all the time, but I can't remember a time without them at all. Says seriously myopic -8. Although as they always said, it has stabilised and even improved ever so slightly. And of course that's because I'm now going gradually blind losing my close up vision and all sorts of other complications - increased floaters and what not.

How're yours doing?

[plainjaneandnonnonsense]

Love how you've got us all thinking about something we all see, use and don't normally give a thought to!

[Pam]

Excellent shot. I am so glad I can read every line!