Lens showing manufacture process

PART OF:: Set of lens showing manufacture process

Made:: 1950-1983 in London

maker:: J H Dallmeyer Ltd

Negative meniscus lens with both curves polished

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Negative meniscus lens with both curves polished
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Negative meniscus lens with both curves polished, one of eleven glass lenses in various stages of polishing and grinding to make an achromatic doublet lens, by J. H. Dallmeyer Limited, London, England, 1950-1983

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1983-1051/3

Materials:: glass

Measurements:: overall: 8 mm 37 mm, .024kg

type:: lens - component

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