Breaking the Mould- The History of SOLA Optical
 Catalogue Number: 4365 Breaking the Mould- The History of SOLA Optical Category: Book Sub-Category: Hewett collection Author: LINN, Robert Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 2000 Time Period: 21st C Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Cherry Gardens, South Australia Publisher/Manufacturer: Historical Consultants Pty Ltd for SOLA International Description Of Item: Illustrated dust cover, original navy cloth hardcover, 250 x 275 mm, 'With Compliments' leaflet tipped in addressed to Ian (Bluntish?) and signed David (Pank?), 276 pages including index, copious colour and black and white photographs. Historical Significance: SOLA was a successful Australian enterprise that made CR39 lenses and a range of optical and ophthalmic instruments. It was founded in July 1960 when the Adelaide optometry firm, Laubman & Pank, renamed an existing subsidiary company, Photographic Supplies Limited, as Scientific Optical Laboratories of Australia Pty Ltd (later to become SOLA International Pty Ltd) for the purposes of continuing the binocular repairs and defence optical work, developing the CR39 technology and designing, making and selling optical surfacing machinery. Don Schultz and David Pank were appointed directors. The company was physically separated from Laubman & Pank in 1962 by a move to Black Forest, a suburb of Adelaide and later to Lonsdale in the south of Adelaide. See Watkins RW Donald Herbert Schultz Intellectual, inventor and benefactor 1910-1987. Clin Exp Optom 2004; 87: 3: 187-190 for information on Dr Donald Schultz How Acquired: Donated by Optometry Australia Date Acquired: 13/3/2023 Condition: Excellent Location: Nathan Library. Hewett collection |