Prism and Lens Making: A Textbook for Optical GlassworkersFull of useful hands-on advice and guidance gained from a lifetime of experience, the book describes all the optical workshop techniques likely to be needed by engineers and technicians in optics and optical astronomy, serious amateur astronomers, technicians in research optical and optoelectronics workshops and research workers needing to prepare optical surfaces in a laboratory workshop. |
Contents
Chapter Page | 5 |
SINGLE SURFACE WORKING | 21 |
THE NATURE OF GRINDING AND POLISHING | 49 |
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Prism and Lens Making, Second Edition: A Textbook for Optical Glassworkers Twyman F Limited preview - 1988 |
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