Visual optics and sight testing
 Catalogue Number: 1442 Visual optics and sight testing Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Author: Lionel LAURANCE Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1926 Edition: 3rd Edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London Publisher/Manufacturer: The School of Optics Limited Description Of Item: Original green cloth, 502 pages, 166 figures in text. Sticker of V Simon (prominent NSW optometrist in the mid 20th C) on front paste down and signature of WA Jones Oriental Bay on front fly leaf Historical Significance: Lionel Laurance (1856-1936) was an important English optometric educator who wrote several text books on sight testing and optics that were widely used by optometrists in the early 20thC. The museum holds the 1st edition Cat No 282, 2nd edition Cat No 281 and the 4th edition Cat No 756. See Fisher EJ Lionel Laurance - a pioneer teacher. Optom Vis Sci 1989; 66:484. How Acquired: Donated by Tony Simon, NSW optometrist, son of Victor Simon, a prominent optometrist in NSW mid 20thC Date Acquired: Feb 2010 Condition: Good Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |