38 Modulating Light and Views: John Soane and Le Corbusier
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26 Peter Layton at London Glassblowing Studio fabricating the vessel and manipulating its sidewalls to form the two inverted bulges. These function as the two sides of the double convex lens when the vessel is filled with water.
27 John Cowley, resident glassblower in the UCL Department of Chemistry, manufacturing the Coddington lens. The first series shows the making of the
bottleneck at the centre of the vessel. The second series shows the addition of the filling tubes at the top of the vessel and the closing of the lens at the centre.
28 The final Coddington lens being tested by looking at the effect on the view through the centre of the lens. Due to manufacturing issues, the sides were not at the correct angle, refracting the light differently. This resulted in the image being inverted.