Ophthalmic lenses - theory and application
 Catalogue Number: 1006 Ophthalmic lenses - theory and application Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Corporation: Bausch and Lomb Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1960 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Rochester NY USA Publisher/Manufacturer: Bausch and Lomb Description Of Item: Original pictorial cardboard cover, 56 pages, illustrated Historical Significance: This is a promotional publication of a very large optical company that supported and supplied the optometry profession since its foundation. Bausch & Lomb is an American optical company based in Rochester, New York. It was founded in 1853 by two German immigrants to the USA, John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb (pictured). Bausch & Lomb made lenses and ophthalmic equipment and became widely known because of its famous Ray-Ban brand of sunglasses, which was sold in 1999 to the Italian Luxottica Group. Today, it also produces contact lenses, implants and pharmaceutical products. See also the 1935 hard cover edition Cat No 472. See also Cat no 1007. How Acquired: Ex Nathan Library Date Acquired: Nov 2008 Condition: Very good, old library stamps Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note. Folios |