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Industry Present and Past Historical Resources Page
Lens Product History by Company / lens design
Progressives,
Multifocals, Aspherics, Low Vision, etc.
Progressive Lenses
1920 Dr. Estelle Glancy AO
Progressive Lens Measurements
AO Lens
Designers
Essilor
Werner Koepen's very informative site on Essilor and other early PAL's
http://www.wernerkoeppen.com/index.php?id=3
Varilux ("Variable light") turns 50 in 2009
American Optical - PAL Release dates
Youtube 1987 AO design presentations of Dr.
Winthrops covering:
Truvision / Pal Designs : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGclW8_kFwc
OMNI Pal :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR8P4cAcivE
Added April 19, 2012
SOLA
Carl Zeiss Vision (AO/SOLA/Zeiss OLA Awards) New 2-Aug-11
PDF download
Zeiss
Single Vision
AO Price 1928 List / Catalogue of Lenses / Frames
15mb pdf download
Norman Rockwell Painting in Ad
AO August 1928 writeup on the
History and Development of the Tillyer Lens
Download 16mb pdf
Zeiss Ad from 1932
Aspherics
Mutifocals
AO’s longest running product line- Glass Executive
Read about President John F. Kennedy and his choice of the Exec in Nov 1963!
http://www.dickwhitney.net/RBWAORecollectionsLettersOfJFKandGlassesBeforeDeath.html
Contact Lenses
AO Technical Publications on OHM website
Lens Materials- History of CR39
Optical Industry Vintage Advertising
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