Lens showing manufacture process

Bi-convex lens with both curves polished and edged to finished

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Bi-convex lens with both curves polished and edged to finished
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Bi-convex lens with both curves polished and edged to finished diameter, 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

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1983-1051/10
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
overall: 10 mm 35 mm, .018kg
type:
lens - component