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THE British optical instrument industry, through the Scientific Instrument Manufacturers' Association, is exhibiting a cross-section of the products of the industry at the World's Fair, New York. Eighteen firms are participating, and the exhibit is arranged in four showcases each 8 ft. by 3 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft., also a series of showcases mounted in two panels 24 ft. by 3 ft. stretching from a centre piece formed of a large mass of optical glass, and two photo murals 16 ft. by 12 ft. with showcards let in. The exhibitor firms have regarded the exhibit from a ‘prestige’ aspect, and by mutual arrangement each firm has endeavoured to send a limited exhibit of its specialities selected so that mere may be no overlapping. In other words, makers of theodolites, levels and microscopes are showing a complete range of products, but built up of several makes rather than various models by each maker for the same purpose. The display is very comprehensive. Both in appearance, finish and presentation it should at least equal anything that has hitherto been devised. It is impossible to refer in the course of a brief note to all the different exhibits. These comprise among the more standard types a course-setting bomb sight, aeroplane sextant, echo depth-sounder, Robbin Hill camera, survey lens for aerial camera, spectrograph, spectrometers, apparatus for measuring pressure in mines and dust counters, measuring microscopes, microtomes, prism binoculars, telescopes, photographic lenses and cameras.
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British Optical Instrument Display at World's Fair. Nature 143, 327 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143327a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143327a0