Find x
In 1856, X took up the new
art form of photography, first under the influence of his uncle Skeffington
Lutwidge, and later his Oxford friend Reginald
Southey.
He soon excelled at the art and became a well-known gentleman-photographer, and he seems even to have toyed with the idea of making a living out of it in his very early years.
To promote letter writing, X invented The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case in 1889. This was a cloth-backed folder with twelve slots, two marked for inserting the then most commonly used penny stamp, and one each for the other current denominations to one shilling.
The folder was then put into a slip case decorated with a picture of Alice on the front and the Cheshire cat on the back. All could be conveniently carried in a pocket or purse.
When issued it also included a copy of X's pamphletted lecture, Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing. Another invention is a writing tablet called the nyctograph for use at night that allowed for note-taking in the dark; thus eliminating the trouble of getting out of bed and striking a light when one wakes with an idea. The device consisted of a gridded card with sixteen squares and system of symbols representing an alphabet of X's design, using letter shapes similar to the Graffiti writing system on a Palm device.
He soon excelled at the art and became a well-known gentleman-photographer, and he seems even to have toyed with the idea of making a living out of it in his very early years.
To promote letter writing, X invented The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case in 1889. This was a cloth-backed folder with twelve slots, two marked for inserting the then most commonly used penny stamp, and one each for the other current denominations to one shilling.
The folder was then put into a slip case decorated with a picture of Alice on the front and the Cheshire cat on the back. All could be conveniently carried in a pocket or purse.
When issued it also included a copy of X's pamphletted lecture, Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing. Another invention is a writing tablet called the nyctograph for use at night that allowed for note-taking in the dark; thus eliminating the trouble of getting out of bed and striking a light when one wakes with an idea. The device consisted of a gridded card with sixteen squares and system of symbols representing an alphabet of X's design, using letter shapes similar to the Graffiti writing system on a Palm device.
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