Catalogue Number: 2732 NuContacts Aspheric Tinted Soft Contact Lens Trial Set Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Contact lenses and accessories Corporation: NuContacts Pty Ltd Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1980 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Adelaide, South Australia Publisher/Manufacturer: NuContacts Pty Ltd Description Of Item: Four White Capped Vials 40 mm high and diameter 22 mm each containing one tinted soft contact lens. Caps have base curve and diameter of lens hand-written in blue on the top. Vials are NuContacts Aspheric and -3.00 hand-written in blue and the lens tint is denoted on a white on blue 'Dymo' label. Parameters are 8.10/14.0 and 8.40/14.0. Tints are Mid Aqua, Mid Blue, Mid Amber and Mid Yellow. Historical Significance: Nu contacts Pty Ltd was a contact lens laboratory set up by Chris Harous which later became part of CooperVision Hydron. These trial lenses represent samples distributed soon after production began. How Acquired: Donated by Colin Bates Date Acquired: 16/01/2013 Condition: Good Location: Archive Office. Cabinet One Drawer 16 |