The ABC of fitting glasses: a manual for opticians
 Catalogue Number: 1334 The ABC of fitting glasses: a manual for opticians Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: ALLEN Edmund Turney Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1897 Time Period: 19th C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Chicago, Ill Publisher/Manufacturer: Geo Hazlitt and Co Description Of Item: Original blue cloth cover, 100 pages, 1 page of advertisements of books by the same author. Black and white diagrams in text. A few neat hand-written notations in margins. Errata leaf at page 99 Historical Significance: This is a basic textbook on refraction and fitting glasses with chapters on eye physiology and diseases, muscular asthenopia and heterophoria. It also has a chapter on higher prisms as an aid in the treatment of incurables. Edmund Allen has the qualifications of MD and PhD. A second copy of this book (Cat No 600) is held in the books of historical note collection in the Archives room. How Acquired: Purchased by Kett Museum (ABEBOOKS) Date Acquired: Feb 2008 Condition: Very good Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |