Milestones in Optical History
 Catalogue Number: 4439 Milestones in Optical History Category: Memorabilia and ephemera Sub-Category: Booklet Corporation: Bausch & Lomb Inc. Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1940 Edition: 1st Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Rochester, New York Publisher/Manufacturer: Bausch & Lomb Inc. Description Of Item: Stapled colour illustrated textured double folded light card wrappers, approx. A4 size. Brand promotional booklet, 30 pp. Introduction by Herbert Eisenhart, President, B & L Inc. 1935-1950. 13 full page colour illustrations of significant figures in the history of optics and ophthalmic science, as well as one of Chinese scholars wearing glasses c. 1275 A.D., one of street vendors and one of a microscope. Opposite each picture is a page of informative text. The significant figures depicted are Alhazen, Gallileo, Snell., Huygens, van Leeuwenhoek, Newton, Franklin, Young, Fraunhofer and Helmholtz. Illustration of B & L manufacturing plant on last page.Cyril W. Kett signature in pen on inside front cover.See Cat. # 2663 for a later edition of this booklet. Historical Significance: Cyril Henry Woodford Kett (1890 - 1971) FBOA Higher Diploma FSMC was one of the five people who signed the Articles of Association of the Australian College of Optometry in 1939. He was a councillor of the College from 1940 to 1970 and first Vice President 1944 to 1947. He was made an honorary life member of the College in 1954. The Kett Optometry museum is named in his honour as the donations of his collection was the foundation of this museum. How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia Date Acquired: 6/11/2023 Condition: Poor. Pages were removed from cover and hole puncture used Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 11 |