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achromatic doublet lens
achromatic doublet lens

achromatic doublet lens

Date1942-1950
Inventory Number2004-1-0392
ClassificationLens
Subject
    Maker Edmund Salvage Company fl. 1942 - 1950
    Owner Lawrence Bogorad 1921 - 2003
    User Biological Laboratories, Harvard University founded 1932
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensionslarger lens: 4.8 × 4.8 × 0.6 cm (1 7/8 × 1 7/8 × 1/4 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionTwo lenses in an envelope. Together the meniscus lens and bi-convex lens mate up to form a doublet achromatic lens.
          Signedstamped on envelope: EDMUND SALVAGE COMPANY / OAKLYN-AUDUBON, NEW JERSEY
          Inscribedstamped on envelope: TWO LENSES COMBINE / TO MAKE AN ACHROMAT / DIAMETER 48 MILLIMETERS / FOCAL LENGTH 11 INCHES in pencil on envelope: 6309
          ProvenanceFrom the office of Prof. Lawrence Bogorad, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Bio Labs 5100 by Sara Schechner, Spring 2004.
          achromatic doublet lens
          achromatic doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0033
          achromatic doublet lens
          achromatic doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0034
          achromatic cemented doublet lens
          achromatic cemented doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0035
          achromatic cemented doublet lens
          achromatic cemented doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0036
          achromatic cemented doublet lens
          achromatic cemented doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0038
          cemented doublet lens
          cemented doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0029
          cemented doublet lens
          cemented doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0030
          cemented doublet lens
          cemented doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0027
          cemented doublet lens
          cemented doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0028
          meniscus lens
          meniscus lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0025
          meniscus lens
          meniscus lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0026
          plano-concave lens
          plano-concave lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0031