Visual acuity test chart for children using pictures (Glass slide)
 Catalogue Number: 4265 Visual acuity test chart for children using pictures (Glass slide) Category: Equipment Sub-Category: Visual Acuity, Contrast sensitivity tests Designer/inventor: Brian Banks Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1950 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne, Australia Publisher/Manufacturer: Brian Banks Description Of Item: Translucent glass plate 207 mm x 225 mm with black plastic tape surround depicting nine images of decreasing sizes as a visual acuity test to assess children's vision. Images are of a girl with bucket and spade, a steamship, a boy running, a wheelbarrow, a ball, a rabbit, a shoe, a key and a bicycle. See Cat. Nos. 4220 and 4264 Historical Significance: This plate was made to fit the slide fitting in the bottom left of the illuminated test chart (Cat. No. 4220) made by Brian Banks and used by Margaret Banks who specialised in children's vision. The images were probably photographically transferred on to one glass plate and a second plate secured on top with plastic tape to protect the images. How Acquired: Donated by Margaret Banks Date Acquired: October 2019 Condition: Very Good Location: Archive room. West wall. Unit 5 Drawer 2 |