Distometer
notes: label: Description
content: A distometer (or vertexometer) is used to measure the vertex distance from the back surface of the spectacle lens to the cornea through a closed eyelid. Inscriptions on this example read “DISTOMETER / HOUSE OF VISION / CHICAGO, ILL.” The House of Vision was established in 1924, and soon claimed to be the largest independent optical dispensing firm in the country.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0886.02
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0886.02
label: accession number
content: 1987.0886
objectType: label: Object Name
content: distometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 14.2875 cm x 3.81 cm