Letter, from Alfred P. Wire to Sir John Herschel, dated at Training College, Battersea Autograph letter signed by sender. Compares John Frederick William Herschel's 'stereoscopic phenakistiscope' (in 'Instantaneous Photography,' 1860) with Alfred P. Wire's invention called 'Thaumatrope.' Suggests how to make moving pictures. 'Government Certificated [School] Masters' in England, Ireland, and Scotland should be enlisted to make meteorology observations. 17 September 1861