Optical Glass Committee Committee appointed 5 May 1825 by the Committee of the Royal Society for conducting a series of Experiments on the manufacture of Glass for optical purposes ' appointing Mr Dollond, Mr Faraday and Mr Herschel to act as a Subcommittee for the more immediate Superintendnece of the Experiments. ' Besides minutes, these books include transcriptions from the journal of experiments and copies of the reports made to the main committee At the front; pasted in report by Mr J F W Herschel concerning the furnace. [No date] Meetings held: 1. 26 May 1825 2. 30 May 1825 3. 3 June 1825 4. 13 June 1825 5. 18 June 1825 6. Experiments 1 November 1825 7. 6 September 1827 8. 16 November 1827 9. 7 December 1827 10. 11 January 1828 11. 14 January 1828 12. 5 March 1828 5 May 1825 to 5 March 1829