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• Micrographia: or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon (London: Printed by J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1665), by Robert Hooke
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• Micrographia: or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon (London: Printed for J. Allestry, 1667), by Robert Hooke
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• Micrographia: or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses, With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon (London: Printed for J. Martyn, 1667), by Robert Hooke (page images at Wisconsin)

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• Handbuch der Angewandten Optik (only volume published, in German; Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1891), by Adolph Steinheil and Ernst Voit, contrib. by Carl August von Steinheil and Philipp Ludwig Seidel
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• Sur l'art de fabriquer du flint-glass : bon pour l'optique / (Paris : P. Gueffier, 1811), by M. d' Artigues and Institut de France. Classe des sciences mathématiques et physiques (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue des verres ardens, des miroirs ardens, des verres objectifs, des microscopes, & des aimants laissez par feu M. N. Hartsoeker = Catalogus vitra ardentia, specula ustoria, vitra objectiva, microscopia, magnetes lapides, & alia id genus a celeberr. viro N. Hartsoeker, relicta complectens. ([The Hague : Jean Swart, 1727]), by Johannes Swart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Applied optics; the computation of optical systems, (London [etc.] Blackie and son, limited, 1918-19), by Hugo Adolph Steinheil, James Weir French, Phillipp Ludwig von Seidel, Karl August Steinheil, and Ernst Voit (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Contact lens technique; a concise and comprehensive test-book for practitioners, (New York, N. Y., New York contact lens research laboratories, [1944]), by L. Lester Beacher and N.Y.) Contact Lens Research Laboratories (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ophthalmic use of Wellsworth Crookes lenses / (Southbridge, MA: American Optical Company, 1918), by Charles Sheard, Wellsworth Crookes Lenses, and American Optical Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The optician's manual, vol. I-II ... A treatise on the science and practice of optics, (Philadelphia, The Keystone, 1902), by Christian Henry Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Precision optics by American methods / ([New York : American Lens Co., c1945]), by American Lens Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essentials of modern lens theory and practice. (Indianapolis : [Continental Optical Co.], 1950), by Tracy H. Calkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mechanische Nebenbeschäfftigungen für Jünglinge und Männer : enthaltend eine praktische, auf Selbstbelehrung berechnete Anweisung zur Kunst des Drehens, Metallarbeitens und des Schleifens optischer Gläser : als Anhang zu seiner Gymnastik / (Altenburg : Bey Rink und Schnuphase, 1801), by Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths, contrib. by Rink und Schnuphase (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opuscoli matematici nei quali si tratta. (Firenze, Tip. e Fonderia di G. Mazzoni, 1841), by Tito Gonnella (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optometrist's manual; a treatise on the science and practice of optometry, (Philadelphia, The Keystone publishing co., 1921), by Christian Henry Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The optician's manual; a treatise on the science and practice of optometry, (Philadelphia, The Keystone Publishing Co., 1908-11), by Christian Henry Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of the lens / (New York : The Mentor Association, 1919), by Floyd L. Darrow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the Bureau of Visual Science / ([Southbridge, Mass.] : American Optical Co., [c1950]), by American Optical Company. Bureau of Visual Science (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Foci of lenses placed obliquely / ([Boston : s.n., 1875?]), by Edward C. Pickering and Charles H. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Neue Methoden zur Untersuchung der Objektive nebst Bemerkungen uber die Beurteilung ihrer Gute. (Helsinki, 1922), by Yrjö Väisälä (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Binoculars and the eye burn problem / (Brooks Air Force Base, Tex. : USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Aerospace Medical Division (AFSC), 1967), by David J. Lehmiller and USAF School of Aerospace Medicine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coup d'oeil rétrospectif sur la lunetterie : précédé de récherches sur l'origine du verre lenticulaire et sur les instruments servant à la vision / (Paris : Chez l'auteur, 1901), by Joseph Rouyer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Bildfehler fünfter Ordnung optischer Systeme abgeleitet auf Grund des Eikonalbegriffes, nebst Anwendung auf ein astrophotographisches Objektiv / (Göttingen : W. Fr. Kaestner, 1908), by Arnold Kohlschütter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• [Catalog] / (Southbridge, Mass. : American Optical Co., c1912), by American Optical Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ophthalmic lenses and prisms; an essay contributed to "The American encyclopedia of ophthalmology," (Chicago, Cleveland press, 1917), by Charles F. Prentice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dioptric formulae for combined cylindrical lenses : applicable for all angular deviations of their axes, with six original diagrams and one Albertype plate / (New York : James Prentice and Son, Opticians, 1888), by Charles F. Prentice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anatomy and physiology of the eye, with hints for the preservation of the eye-sight. (Philadelphia, Pa., The author, [c1901]), by John Frederick Herbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• AO charts for the prescription shop /, by Paul Boeder and American Optical Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Optique appliquée, calcul des lentilles employées dans les appareils de précision. (Paris, C. Béranger, 1910), by Adolph André Pelletan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• L'optique divisée en trois livres : ou, l'On démontre d'une maniere aisée tout ce qui regarde 1. la propagation & les proprietez de la lumiere. 2. La vision. 3. La figure & la disposition des verres qui servent à la perfefectionner [sic] / (Paris : Chez Estienne Michallet, ruë S. Jacques, à l'Image S. Paul, 1682), by Pierre Ango (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optometric optics; optometry 401A and 401B, (Berkeley & Los Angeles, Univ. of Calif. Press, 1940), by Meredith W. Morgan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ophthalmic lenses and the Rx shop / (Geneva, N.Y. : Shuron Optical Co., 1943), by Harold J. Stead and Shuron Optical Co (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Bifocals; a history of the scientific and mechanical development of the double-vision lens from the time of Franklin with chapters on the prescription of bifocals and their use in certain difficult cases, (Indianapolis, Ind., Onepiece bifocal lens co. , [c1923]), by Lucian Willis Bugbee and Lucian Willis Bugbee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ophthalmic use of Wellsworth Crookes lenses, (Southbridge, Mass., American Optical Company, 1922), by Charles Sheard and Southbridge American Optical Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement no. 2 to Ophthalmic lens catalog (edition 1915). (Rochester, N.Y., Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1917), by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lens magic. (Philadelphia, Lippincott, [1957]), by Frances Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ophthalmic lenses and the Rx laboratory / (Geneva, N.Y. : Shuron Optical Co., 1946), by Harold J. Stead and Shuron Optical Co (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Modern ophthalmic lenses and optical glass, (New York, 1937), by Theo. E. Obrig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lens-work for amateurs, (London; New York, Whittaker & Co., [1912]), by Henry Orford (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Theorie der brechung monochromatischer strahlen verschiedener wellenlänge in zylinder-linsen ... (Rostock, Ww. H. Winterberg's buchdruckerei, 1905), by Otto Götz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fourier transform representation of an ideal lens in coherent optical systems, ([Washington] National Aeronautics and Space Administration; for sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va., [1970]), by Gerald J. Grebowsky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Theorie der Cylinderlinsen. (Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1868), by F. E. Reusch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Simplified procedures for evaluating the image quality of objective lenses for night vision devices / (Washington : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974), by Charles Grover and National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Allgemeine Theorie zentrierter Linsensysteme. (Leipzig, 1924), by Norbert Herz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An analytical and experimental investigation of a 1.8 by 3.7 meter Fresnel lens solar concentrator / (Washington : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office, 1977), by Leon J. Hastings, Warren S. Jensen, Steve L. Allums, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• The clinical use of prisms; and the decentering of lenses / (Bristol : J. Wright ; London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1893), by Ernest Edmund Maddox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ophthalmic lenses and accessories; lenses, frames, magnifiers and readers ... (Rochester, N.Y., Bausch & Lomb optical co., [c1916]), by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Optical laboratory specialist ([Washington], 1957), by United States. Dept. of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern ophthalmic lenses and optical glass, (New York, 1935), by Theo. E. Obrig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transpositions and tables : a simple and comprehensive treatise on the laws of transpositions, to assist ... all who have to do with optical lenses / (Chicago : Professional Press, 1922), by Edward J. Lueck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transpositions : a practical treatise for optometrists and opticians, (New York, F. Boger pub. Co., [c1907]), by R. M. Lockwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lenses and refraction / (Chicago : American Medical Association, 1914), by Frank Allport (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spencer microscopes and accessories : microtomes, bacteriological apparatus and laboratory supplies / (Buffalo, N.Y. : The Company, 1914), by Spencer Lens Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• On angular aperture of objectives for the microscope : read before the Microscopical Congress at Indianapolis, Ind., August 15th, 1878 / (New York : Industrial Publication Co., 1880), by Geo. E. Blackham and Ind.) National Microscopical Congress (1878 : Indianapolis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch der angewandten optik, (Leipzig, B.G. Teubner, 1891), by Hugo Adolph Steinheil, Philipp Ludwig Seidel, Karl August Steinheil, and Ernst Voit (page images at HathiTrust)
• The clinical use of prisms and the decentering of lenses. (Bristol, Wright, 1889), by Ernest E. Maddox (page images at HathiTrust)
• On multi-lens cameras in stereophotogrammetric mapping. ([Columbus, Ohio State University Research Foundation, 1952]), by Robert Zurlinden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ueber nicht-sphärische objektive ... (Göttingen, Druck der Dieterich'schen univ.-buchdruckerel (W. F. Kaestner), 1905), by Martin Linnemann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A treatise on simple and compound ophthalmic lenses, their refraction and dioptric formulæ, (New York, J. Prentice & son, opticians, [c1886]), by Charles F. Prentice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essentials of modern lens theory and practice. (Indianapolis, Research Dept., Continental Optical Co., 1941), by Tracy H 1910- Calkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts about telescopic sights : a manual of technical and practical information on the design and construction of telescopic sights, their performance and dependability. (Rochester, c1946), by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Publications of Bureau of Visual Science / ([Southbridge, Mass.] : American Optical Co., [c1937]), by American Optical Company. Bureau of Visual Science (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Optometry four / written by J.H. Grout. ([Chicago] : Northern Illinois College of Optometry, 1948), by Northern Illinois College of Optometry and James Hugh Grout (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Anatomy and physiology of the eye, with hints for the preservation of the eyesight. (Philadelphia, Pa., The author, c1901), by John Frederick Herbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plain practical hints on optics / (Philadelphia : D. V. Brown, 1896), by G. W. Metcalfe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Application of the algebraic aberration equations to Optical design / (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Standards : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1927), by Irvine C. Gardner and United States. National Bureau of Standards. Scientific Papers (page images at HathiTrust)
• LASL lens design program for the IBM 7090 / (Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1963), by C. A. Lehman, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• A search for apochromatic lens systems /, by Richard R. Fischer and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new method of determining the focal length of a converging lens / ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Standards : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1909]), by Irwin Gillespie Priest and United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• The resolving power of objectives / ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Standards : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1911]), by P. G. Nutting and United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Axial aberrations of lenses / ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Standards : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1918]), by Edgar D. Tillyer, Harry I. Shultz, and United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Infra-red transmission and refraction data on standard lens and prism material / ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Standards : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1920]), by William W. Coblentz and United States. National Bureau of Standards. Scientific Papers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spherical aberration in thin lenses / ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Standards : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1923]), by T. Townsend Smith and United States. National Bureau of Standards. Scientific Papers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alternating gradient lenses for reducing the area of a beam / (Berkeley, Ca. : [Lawrence] Radiation Laboratory. Oak Ridge, Tn. : Technical Information Division, 1953), by Craig Nunan and Berkeley. Radiation Laboratory. Department of Phyiscs University of California (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prisms and lenses. (New York, World Pub. Co., [1972, c1959]), by Jerome S. Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lens designing technique with the 1962 LASL code for the IBM 7090 / (Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1963), by Berlyn Brixner, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design and testing of lens systems / (Los Alamos, N.M. : Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California, 1959), by F. A. Lucy, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Postoperative-cataract spectacle lenses; practical optics, opticianry, ophthalmic dispensing, and visual physiology for the correction of the postoperative-cataract refractive error by spectacle lenses or by contact lenses, for the eye surgeon, the refractionist, the ophthalmic dispenser, the surfacing and the manufacturing laboratories, and the ophthalmic lens designers. ([Miami, Fla.] Miami Education Press, [c1961]), by Robert C Welsh (page images at HathiTrust)
• Praktische dioptrik als vollständige und gemeinfassliche anleitung zur verfertigung achromatischer fernröhre. (Wien, J. G. Heubner, 1828), by Johann Joseph Prechtl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prisms; their use and equivalents, (Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1913), by James Thorington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anleitung für die Herstellung und Justierung geodätischer Instrumente / (Berlin : Verlag der Fachzeitschrift Der Mechaniker, 1907-), by Theodor Dokulil, Henry C. Lomb, Adolph Lomb, and Adolph Lomb Optical Collection (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sun glass lenses made of ground and polished plate glass thereafter thermally curved /, by sponsor United States. National Bureau of Standards and United States. Department of Commerce issuing body (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ophthalmic lenses, dioptric formulae for combined cylindrical lenses : the prism-dioptry, and other optical papers / (Philadelphia : Keystone, 1907 [c1900]), by Charles F. Prentice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ground and polished lenses for sun glasses /, by issuing body United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thick-lens optics; an elementary treatise for the student and the amateur, (New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1912), by Arthur Latham Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blown, drawn, and dropped lenses for sun glasses /, by issuing body United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Computation of achromatic objectives / (Washington ; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1954), by Robert E. Stephens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lenses and systems of lenses, (Cambridge, Deighton, Bell and Co., 1884), by C. Pendlebury (page images at HathiTrust)

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