Transactions of an optical convention marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first examination in visual optics by the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, Apothecaries' Hall, London, 3rd and 4th November, 1948.

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Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

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Transactions of an optical convention marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first examination in visual optics by the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, Apothecaries' Hall, London, 3rd and 4th November, 1948.