Milestones in optical history
 Catalogue Number: 2663 Milestones in optical history Category: Book Sub-Category: Booklet Corporation: Bausch and Lomb Incorporated Year Of Publication/Manufacture: (undated) 1940 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Rochester, New York Publisher/Manufacturer: Bausch and Lomb Incorporated Description Of Item: Colour illustrated paper wrappers, approx. A4 size, 30 pages, frontispiece of W. W. McQuilkin, President of Bausch and Lomb, 11 full page colour illustrations of significant figures in the history of optics and ophthalmic science and two of eyeglass vendors one of which was painted in 1864 by Hermann Sondermann. Opposite each picture is a page of informative text. At the end of the book are black and white photographs of Bausch and Lomb instruments and eye wear. Historical Significance: This is a brand promotion brochure for Bausch and Lomb, of a kind and style not uncommon in the mid 20th C. The significant figures depicted are Alhazen, Gallileo, Snell. Leeuwnhoek, Huygens, Newton, Young, Fraunhofer, Helmholtz. The date 1040 is from Worldcat. Date Acquired: May 2015 Condition: Good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 6 |