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'1-Day Acuvue' contact lenses, United States, 1999

1999

Six samples of cosmetic soft contact lenses

1984

Eight tinted blanks and eight tinted shaped gas permeable contact lenses

1984

Three blanks

Several slabs of soft contact lens material by Hydron

1984

Scleral contact lens, USA, 1936-1950, no maker

Plastic corneal contact lens

1948

Set of 'Spofa' Czechoslovakian soft contact lenses in sealed ampoules

Set of Zeiss bicurve ground

Contact lens

Two gas permeable contact lenses, by Hydron, 1984

1984

Extended wear soft contact lens 'Permalens'

1979

Scleral contact lens in case, Stuttgart, Germany, 1936

1936

Pair of concentric bifocal contact lenses in case

1977-1979

PMMA hard corneal lens

1980-1982

Set of corneal contact lenses

1959

Two collagen soft contact lenses for demonstration

1984

Surevue

1999

Four hydrated soft contact lenses by Hydron, 1984

1984

Plastic corneal contact lens

1958-1965

Pair of haptic contact lenses in metal case

Selection of ten coloured blanks

1980-1982

C.A.B. gas permeable hard contact lens

1980-1982

Gas permeable hard contact lens

1980-1982

Fused bifocal hard contact lens

1980-1982

Pair of contact lenses

1925-1930

Contact Lens

1962

Contact Lens Case

Several buttons for making soft contact lenses, by Hydron, 1984

Several buttons for making soft contact lenses

1984

Diagnostic set of the ChromaGen haploscopic contact lens system for improving defective colour vision, consisting plastic briefcase containing of 28 vials, 7 large coloured lenses, computer disk, 'ChromaGen Clinical Procedures' booklet by DA Harris, and 4 vials in plastic net tubing, used by The Corneal Laser Centre, 1997.

Diagnostic set of the ChromaGen haploscopic contact lens system for improving defective colour vision

Early, blown, contact lens (glass), with cosmetic scleral portion by F. Ad. Müller Sohne, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1930 (sse note).

Early, blown, contact lens (glass)

1930

Two early moulded contact lenses, with ground optics (Dallos), and round white cardboard box, by Theodore Hamblin Ltd., 1958.

Two early moulded contact lenses

1958

Two bulbs of glass, partly blown to form contact lenses, with cardboard box, Carl Zeiss, Germany, 1920-1960 (see note).

Two bulbs of glass

1920-1960

Selection of four examples of HEMA soft contact lenses by A. Gasson, c.1982. each stored in a glass bottle, three sealed with crimped metal lid, one sealed with plastic screw top.

Selection of four examples of HEMA soft contact lenses by A. Gasson

1980-1982

Zeiss glass contact lens, with tinted corneal portion and square lint patch.

Zeiss glass contact lens, with tinted corneal port, lint patch and carrying case

Two soft contact lenses 'Soflens' by Bausch & Lomb, 1981 made by spincasting, each stored in a glass bottle with metal lid

Two soft contact lenses 'Soflens' by Bausch & Lomb

1981

Stages in cutting and polishing soft contact lenses by Hydron, 1984

Stages in cutting and polishing soft contact lenses by Hydron

1984

Pair of micro corneal contact lenses in case

Pair of micro corneal contact lenses in case

1964

Pair of contact lenses in plastic case, probably by Zeiss, c. 1928

Pair of contact lenses in plastic case

1926-1930

Six stages in the manufacture of a hard corneal contact lens by G. Nissel & Co. Ltd., London., includes brass mounting tools and plastic lens case.

Six stages in the manufacture of a hard corneal contact lens by G. Nissel & Co. Ltd.

1980-1982

Contact lens disc (for jockey)

Contact lens disc (for jockey)