Google doodle is celebrating Ferdinand Monoyer’s 181st Birthday by posting a beautiful Google logo on its home page
Ferdinand Monoyer born on this date in 1836 rose to prominence as one of Frances most famous ophthalmologists He developed the diopter the unit of measurement for vision thats still used today The diopter measures the distance youd have to be from text to read it Most notably Monoyer devised an eye chart where every row represents a different diopter from smallest to largest
Monoyer was known to change the font of a particular letter if it didnt suit him after all if youre going to judge a persons vision by it that letter had better be as legible as possible If you look closely at todays Doodle you might be able to spot a tribute to another of Monoyers signatures his name hidden in the chart
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