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Snellens eyesight test, National Union of Railwaymen

Snellens eyesight test, National Union of Railwaymen

1925-1935
Wooden eyesight tester

Wooden eyesight tester

1860-1900
Wooden eyesight tester

Wooden eyesight tester

Wooden eyesight tester

Wooden eyesight tester

Eyesight testing equipment, comprising strands of different coloured wools on a folding baton, weighted with numbered lead tags. Used to test for colour blindness in railway locomotive drivers, firemen and signallers. Colloquially known as 'Thomson's stick'.

Coloured eyesight testing equipment

Eyesight testing equipment, wooden board with handle, with coloured squares and dots.

Wooden eyesight tester

Eyesight testing equipment, wooden board with handle, with description and instructions (modified after the Regulations issued from the Horse Guards by Professor Longmore in 1868), by G.H. Turner, Goods Manager, Derby, July 1st, 1877.

Wooden eyesight tester

1877
Eyesight testing equipment, card with description and instructions (modified after the Regulations issued from the Horse Guards by Professor Longmore in 1868).

Wooden eyesight tester

1868
Eyesight Testing Equipment, rectangular block with wooden handle. Painted white with various patterns of black dots. For testing eyesight of potential engine drivers. 19"x2" x2"

Eyesight Testing Equipment