Bausch and Lomb Soflens Rule
 Catalogue Number: 3477 Bausch and Lomb Soflens Rule Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Contact lenses and accessories Corporation: Bausch and Lomb Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1976 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Rochester New York Publisher/Manufacturer: Bausch and Lomb Description Of Item: Flat white flexible plastic rule 159 mm x 30 mm with scale in centimetres with millimetre graduations, divisions 9.0 mm to 12.5 mm in 0.5 mm steps, the words Visible Iris Diameter, and Soflens (Polymacon) Contact Lens printed in blue on one face, and a scale in inches with 1/16 th inch graduations, Pupil Diameter Gauge, a series of semicircles labelled 3 mm to 10 mm in 1 mm steps, Bausch & Lomb Soflens Division Rochester NY 14602, SL 1283 5/76 printed on the opposite face. Historical Significance: Equipment of this type was produced by contact lens manufacturers to assist in prescription of contact lenses and as promotional material. How Acquired: Donated by Colin Bates Date Acquired: 5-6-2017 Condition: Good Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 6 Drawer 2 |