Before revision: The Imbert-Fick "law" was invented Armand Imbert (1850-1922) and Adolf Fick (1829-1901) have both independent of one another demonstrated that the tension of the wall can be eliminated when the application of the tonometer produces a flat surface instead of a concave one, and the reading of the tonometer (P) then equals (T) the IOP, whence all forces cancel each other'.'
After revision: Armand Imbert (1850-1922) and Adolf Fick (1829-1901) have both independent of one another demonstrated that the tension of the wall can be eliminated when the application of the tonometer produces a flat surface instead of a concave one, and the reading of the tonometer (P) then equals (T) the IOP, whence all forces cancel each other'.'