Back in 2006 – after a fun stint travelling around the world – I’d grudgingly returned to the U.K. where life required me to be a responsible adult once more, and with an empty bank account as inspiration, I was on the hunt for a job. Some old friends of the family had just relocated […]
Who invented the iris diaphragm?
Although it is a little unclear as to who invented the iris diaphragm first, there are many candidates that could be credited with the concept. A little searching throws up names such as; Robert Hooke, John Henry Brown, and Joseph Nicéphore Niépce – although it seems Charles Chevalier claims to of used an iris before […]