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The A.O.P. Manual
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
handbook
Association of Optical Practitioners
Europe: United Kingdom, England, London W1
1970
paper; card
overall: 215 mm x 140 mm

Member handbook containing articles and optical advertising. A5 format printed in black and white on 144 pages, glue bound, with soft green card end covers. Illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Advertisers to front: Warwick-Evans Optical Co. Ltd (Supplier of Ratti Meflecto), CZ Scientific Instruments Limited (Carl Zeiss Jena equipment), W. T. Rees Spectacle Frames Ltd, (Reelux and Serelo), Salvoc Ltd, UKO B&L, M. Wiseman & Co. Ltd (tinted lens range), Butterworths (Edinburgh) Ltd, W. A. Birtwistle Ltd (box manufacturers), Raphaels Ltd, Glasgow Optical Manufacturing Co Ltd, Phillips Optical Company (Liverpool) Ltd, Helmar Co., A. Hardman & Co Ltd (50 New Pence Frame), The Hadley Company Limited (Flare frame), Regal Optical Co. Ltd, Autoflow Engineering Ltd, Chance-Pilkington Quality Ophthalmic Glass (colour advert showing manufacturing), Alpha Lens Company Ltd, Newbold & Bulford Ltd/Purser's London (Holborn) Ltd (Enbeeco), The Connaught Group (inc. Peter Jones Optical Co), British Celanese Ltd, D. H. Hall & C. Ltd (Roxella cases), Fleming Brothers, J. Asquith & Co Ltd, J. T. Industrial Optical Co. Ltd (Totley and Flarepath), Modern Eyewear of Scotland, Merx Optical Company Ltd, Viennaline Ltd, Celmore Supplies Ltd, Accrington Optical Company Ltd (Marwitz, Zeiss, Faber, Helmecke, Orma, Igard, Varilux, Photogray), Norville Optical Company Limited/Norville Eyewear Limited/Norlite Lens Company Limited/CN Optical Engineering Company Limited, The Contact Lens Clinic Ltd, The Hallam Optical Company Limited. Articles on: The Design and Layout of Optical Practices, Local Government and Related Matters, Legal Problems, Taxation and the Practitioner, Insurance and Your Practice, Official Standards of Vision (Civil Service, Civil Aviation, General Post Office, Police Forces, Railway Staff, Teaching Profession), Definition of Blindness, Definition of Partial Sight, Application for Licence to Drive a Motor Vehicle, Notes on Ophthalmic Drugs in Use, Ophthalmic Lenses: British Standards, AOP Practice Purchase Scheme, AOP Professional Indemnity Cover, AOP Members Protection & Contingency Fund, Annual Fees and Subscriptions, Private Patients Plan, British United Provident Association. Advertisers in centre portion: Optics International (Belgravia) Ltd, London Optical Company Ltd, A. C. Lane & Company, James North & Sons Limited (industrial safety spectacles), John Baird & Son (Opticians) Ltd, Manchester Bifocal Lens Co Ltd., White Hart Optical Company Limited, Newbold & Davis Ltd, Neil Rosser Ltd, Eyeline of England, Willesden Optical Works Ltd (WOW/Amor, Orma, Sol-Amor), H. Williamson Optical Co (1932) Ltd, British American Optical Co Ltd (BAO Work Station), Ian Prince Ltd (Menrad, Argus), M. I. Crompton Ltd, G. T. Optics Ltd, Omega Contact Lens Co., Belgravia Optical Company Ltd, Hamilton Optical Co (Manchester/Wales) Ltd. Advertisers at end: Optolis, Willmotts Limited, Alecto Optical Service Ltd (Feline, Anita, Lady Line), Aubrey Huxtable Ltd, K. Blyth (Optics) Ltd (intorducing Gwyn, Hornet, Jinty), Societe Des Lunetiers (Essel), R. & H. Penfold, Waverley Optical CO Ltd, J. M. Moore & Company Limited (insurance), The Barnsley Optical Co. Ltd, Flairspecs Ltd, Morfed (Optical Industries) Ltd (joints), The North Eastern (Wholesale) Optical Co. Ltd, Dudley Optical Company Limited, Kirkdale Optical Company, Hainault Optical Co. Ltd, The Anglo-American Optical Co. (Eng.) Ltd (Piccadilly frame), T. & T. Optical Co, The Metropolitan Wholesale Optical Supply Co Ltd, H. Kennell and Son Ltd, C. A. Woods Ltd, H. G. Stone Optical Co Ltd, Cuming & Lawton Limited, McKenzie & Black Ltd, Argus Optical Company, Major Smith Optical Co Ltd. [Index]. Conpat Optical Co Ltd (Filos, Piave), Brunswick Optical Co Ltd (bifocals), The Bridge Optical Company, Halifax Optical Company Ltd, Gibson Optical Co Ltd, Alexander Jerome & Co (Concorde safety lenses), Pyramid Press Ltd, W. H. Houldershaw Limited (printers and binders), Kelvin, G. Nissel & Co Ltd (drill).

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Gift of Mr David Randall FCOptom, 2015