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May 2015 Lenses

How Do You Know Your Lens Is The Right Power? (Part Two)

In Part One of this three-part series, I described the history and early use the American Optical (AO) “NBS Truepower lens set” developed in 1916, which was used to assess the calibration of the AO Lensometer when first introduced to the market.
May 2015 Lenses

How Do You Know Your Lens Is The Right Power? (Part One)

I was recently asked what I thought was the most valuable item in the Optical Heritage Museum collection.