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Scleral Glass Contact Lenses
Specifications
Scleral Glass Contact Lenses
Category
Personal
Classification
CHENHALL - Personal Objects - Personal Gear - Personal Assistive Objects - Device, Vision - Lens, Contact
Object Origin
c. 1940
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Two (2) clear glass oval, concave contact lenses with a circular lens at center and "X" inscribed to the outside of center.
glass
Measurements: Object:
Height: 1 in, Width: 1.125 in, Depth: 0.5 in
Credit
Gift of the Family of Donna J. Frey, 2010.16.1a-b
Display Status
On Exhibit
Scleral Glass Contact Lenses
About: Scleral Glass Contact Lenses
About: Scleral Glass Contact Lenses
Although first invented in the late nineteenth century, contact lenses first achieved widespread commercial success in the mid-1930s when plastic began allowing for thinner and softer lenses. Although these contact lenses from the 1940s are made of glass, they operate in the same way as modern-day lenses – by refracting and focusing light onto the retina so that objects appear clearly.
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