Woodford Front Surface Radius Computer for Contact Lenses
notes: label: Description
content: Donald L. Woodford (1931-2017), president of Precision Optics, Inc., in Omaha, Neb., developed a 14-inch circular contact lens computer which accurately determines the front surface radius of eyes. He donated this example to the Smithsonian in 1979.
label: Description
content: Ref: Donald L. Woodford, “Method and Apparatus for Making a Nonspherical Contact Lens,” U.S. Patent 4,297,008 (Oct. 27, 1981).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Donald L. Woodford
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0303.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0303
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0303.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Computer, Radius, Contact Lens
label: Object Name
content: contact lens radius computer
label: Other Terms
content: Computer, Radius, Contact Lens; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 13 7/8 in; .3175 cm x 35.2425 cm