Space Eikonometer, Table Model 1557
name: label: maker
content: American Optical Company
notes: label: Description
content: Aniseikonia is an ocular condition where there is a significant difference in the perceived size of images. The most accurate way to prescribe for aniseikonia involves measuring these differences with an eikonometer. This example of that instrument was made by the American Optical Co. A tag on the base reads “Space / EIKONOMETER.”
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content: The form was developed by Adelbert Ames, Jr. (1880-1955), an American scientist who made contributions to physics, physiology, ophthalmology, psychology, and philosophy. Ames pioneered the study of physiological optics at Dartmouth College, serving as a research professor and then as director of research at the Dartmouth Eye Institute.
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content: According to the American Optical Corporation, the company discontinued production of the Space Eikonometer in 1966.
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content: Ref: Adelbert Ames, Jr., “The Space Test for Aniskeitonia,” American Journal of Ophthalmology 28 (1945): 248-262.
label: Description
content: Mitchell Scheiman and Bruce Wick, Clinical Management of Binocular Vision (Philadelphia, 2008), pp. 533-535.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Peter Obershoff, M.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.314554.01
label: accession number
content: 314554
label: catalog number
content: 314554.01
label: serial number
content: R601
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Eikonometer
label: Object Name
content: Eikonometer, Space
label: Other Terms
content: Eikonometer, Space; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.9 cm x 19.3 cm x 25 cm; 12 15/16 in x 7 5/8 in x 9 13/16 in