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meniscus lens
meniscus lens

meniscus lens

Date1942-1950
Inventory Number2006-1-0025
ClassificationLens
Subject
    Maker Edmund Salvage Company fl. 1942 - 1950
    User Science Center Prep Room, Harvard University founded 1974
    Donor Owen Gingerich born 1930
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensionslens: 2.9 × 2.9 × 0.8 cm (1 1/8 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionLens stored in an envelope.
          Signedstamped on envelope: EDMUND SALVAGE COMPANY / P. O. AUDUBON NEW JERSEY
          Inscribedstamped on envelope: ONE LENS / TYPE MENISCUS / DIAMETER 29 MILLIMETERS / FOCAL LENGTH -51 MILLIMETERS in pencil on envelope: 28.7
          ProvenanceSalvaged from the Science Center Prep Room, courtesy of Prof. Owen Gingerich.
          meniscus lens
          meniscus lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0026
          meniscus lens
          meniscus lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0037
          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
          plano-concave lens
          plano-concave lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0031
          achromatic cemented doublet lens
          achromatic cemented doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2006-1-0038
          achromatic doublet lens
          achromatic doublet lens
          Edmund Salvage Company
          Date: 1942-1950
          Object number: 2004-1-0392
          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