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Collections Object
Lens Measure
ID Number
1984.0140.580
accession number
1984.0140
catalog number
1984.0140.580
Description
An inscription on the face of this instrument reads “DIOMETER / LENS MEASURE / AOLITE GLASS / AMERICAN OPTICAL / CORPORATION / SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS. 01550.” Bausch & Lomb introduced Aolite plastic lenses in 1958.
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