Visual OpticsBook / Book of historical note Author: EMSLEY, H.H 1948 Hatton Press 4th edition (Reprint) Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 100
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Vacuum deposition of thin filmsBook / Book of historical note Author: HOLLAND Leslie 1958 Chapman and Hall Ltd 2nd Edition Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1000
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GlassBook / Book of historical note Author: BLACK Roderick Lawton 1969 McGraw Hill 1st Edition Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1001
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Polarized light, production and useBook / Book of historical note Author: SHURCLIFFE William A 1962 Harvard University Press 1st Ediiton Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1002
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 | A gross of green spectaclesBook / Book of historical note Author: FLICK Cecil Stanley 1951 Hatton Press Ltd Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1003
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Colour vision : a discussion of the leading phenomena and their physical lawsBook / Book of historical note Author: PEDDIE William 1922 Edward Arnold and Co Time Period: 1900 to 1939 | (Cat no. 1004
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The human eye and the sun: 'hot' and 'cold' lightBook / Book of historical note Author: VAVILOV Sergi Ivanovich (Translated from Russian by OM Blunn) 1965 Pergamon Press Ltd Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1005
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 | Ophthalmic lenses - theory and applicationBook / Book of historical note Corporation: Bausch and Lomb c 1960 Bausch and Lomb Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1006
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 | Ophthalmic lenses. Their history, theory and applicationBook / Book of historical note Corporation: Bausch and Lomb 1956 Bausch and Lomb 8th Edition Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1007
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Spectacle lens technologyBook / Book of historical note Author: HORNE Douglas F 1978 Adam Hilger Ltd 1st Edition Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1008
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Levin Contact Lens TablesBook / Book of historical note Author: LEVIN Robert 1959 Louis Levin and Son Inc Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1009
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Technical optics Volumes 1 and 2Book / Book of historical note Author: MARTIN Louis Claude 1948 and 1950 Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd 1st Edition Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1010
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Introduction to applied optics Vols 1 and 2Book / Book of historical note Author: MARTIN Louis Claude 1930 and 1932 Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd 1st Edition Time Period: 1900 to 1939 | (Cat no. 1011
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 | Institute of Opticians of New Zealand HandbookBook / Book of historical note : Institute of Opticians of New Zealand 1949 Fleet Printers Ltd Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 1012
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 | Leonardo de Vinci on the human bodyBook / Hewett collection Author: O'MALLEY, Charles D and SAUNDERS, J.B. DE C.M. 1952 Henry Schuman Time Period: 1940 to 1999 | (Cat no. 102
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Cyril Woodford Kett. Painting by John Nathan 1980. Cat No.8.
The Museum and Archive is named in honour of Cyril Henry Woodford Kett FBOA FSMC (1890 - 1970) who was one of the five people who signed the Memorandum and 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. He donated numerous items of historical interest to the College that provide the foundation of the Museum. The collection formally started in 1970.
The main museum display is in the Aitken Gallery on the first floor of the ACO building. Also there are items from the collection on display in the Schultz foyer and the Nathan library of the College. These displays are changed periodically. The Aitken and Hewett Book Collections are held in the Nathan Library. The Aitken Gallery and these displays and collections can be visited at any time by appointment during ordinary opening hours of the College.
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The picture shows Mr Anthony Carbines MP and archivist Mr Michael Aitken cutting the ribbon celebrating the opening of the Aitken Gallery at the museum. Others in the photograph are Kett Museum archivists, Colin Bates, Joe Chakman, Barry Cole and Pamela Sutton, and the CEO of the Australian College of Optometry, Ms Maureen O’Keefe.
French gilt brass 5 draw spyglass (small monocular telescope) circa 1820. Foliate & floral decoration around eyepiece, ribbed casing with suspension ring. Five draw telescopic action extends the spyglass for use. Diameter: 32mm, Length closed: 15mm: extended: 40mm. Cat No 3568