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1940 Polarized Light booklet excerpts (illustrations above and example pages below)

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Excerpts above from a 1940 Polaroid booklet titled "Polarized Light and its application"

Download AO Vision 1947 Article on Polarized lensesNew 15-Dec-11

1959 AO Polaroid TV Trainer Ad

Read about Dr. Edwin Land - the inventor/founder of Polaroid

http://books.google.com/books?id=6TTbCT64seEC&dq=alan+earls+polaroid&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Polaroid

AO Polarized info:

AO Polarized lens goggles used to view the Atomic Bomb:

http://www.dickwhitney.net/AOHistoryWWIIVisionSupport.html

Younger Optics Technical Info Link  – 2008

http://209.196.51.97/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp?AudID=CB5FBA48DD114D17B502B1ED7A318EDE

http://www.vision-ease.com/home/brands/coppertone.aspx

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