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Milestones in Optical History
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
brochure
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
North America: USA, New York, Rochester
April 1940
paper; card
overall: 286 mm x 219 mm
2007.984
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
brochure
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
North America: USA, New York, Rochester
April 1940
paper; card
overall: 286 mm x 219 mm
Brochure outlining key moments in optical history through imaginative illustrations. 2nd edition. A4 format printed in full colour with soft end covers. Includes introduction by and photograph of Herbert Eisenhart, company president. Articles on: Alhazen, Spectacles in Ancient China, The First European Spectacles, Galileo Galilei, Willebrord Snell, Christian Huygens, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Young, Joseph Fraunhofer, Hermann von Helmholtz. Ends with an illustration of a pair of Bausch & Lomb semi-rimless spectacles and microscope and a view of the Rochester factory with list of products.
2007.984