Press used to compress heated PMMA sheets

Made:: 1953

Press used to compress heated PMMA sheets to form the basic shell of a scleral contact lens c.1953

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1982-1293

type:: press

credit:: Moorfields Eye Hospital (Contact Lens Dept)

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Press used to compress heated PMMA sheets

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