Instruction brochure for the Zeiss small vertex refractionometer
 Catalogue Number: 4394 Instruction brochure for the Zeiss small vertex refractionometer Category: Papers Sub-Category: Ophthalmic product brochures Time Period: 1900 to 1939 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Germany Publisher/Manufacturer: Carl Zeiss Jena Description Of Item: Two fold leaflet, 150 x 210 mm when folded, 6 pages, being the instructions for use of the Zeiss small vertex focimeter (syn: lensmeter, vertometer), illustrated, version MED 27/IIIe RM printed on pages 1-5, stamped on front page 'AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES / E. C. HEYNE & CO /100 Flinders St. Melbourne/ 8-14 BOND ST SYDNEY ' Historical Significance: Carl Zeiss produced its first focimeter in 1915. See Cat No. 1905 and 2110 for examples from the 1930s. For more recent model See Cat No 2305 and Cat No. 2731 for a more recent example of this leaflet. RM refers to prices in the leaflet in Reichsmark which was the German currency from 30 August 1924 to 30 June 1948 when pegged to the value of 1/2790 kg gold. How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia Date Acquired: 29/05/2023 Condition: Good Location: Archive office. Pamphlet and ephemera filing cabinet. Drawer 11 |