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History of CR-39

The most successful plastic material in the history of spectacle lenses

 “The Success of CR39” :1975 Article in Optical Management (pdf file download)

“The Armorlite Story’: 1975 Robert Graham Article (pdf file download)

CR-39 – A look back 60 years later (2006 pdf file download )

AO’s CR-39 history writeup (1994)

Feb 1976 Listing below



DonWhitney 1958 Talk on AOLITECR39.htm

 

 

Lens Materials- History of CR39

 

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