Precision Optical Glassworking: A manual for the manufacture, testing and design of precision optical components and the training of optical craftsmen

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Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Optical Components....Pages 3-4 Manufacture of Photographic Lenses by the Pitch-pellet Sticking Method (20 operations in accordance with table 1.1)....Pages 5-84 Manufacture of Photographic Objective Components on Hard Block Holders (28 operations in accordance with table 2.1)....Pages 85-111 Manufacture of Binocular and Telescope Lenses....Pages 112-114 Manufacture of Microscope Lenses (6 different process descriptions, according to the form of the lenses)....Pages 115-142 Manufacture of Objectives for Astronomical Instruments....Pages 143-145 Manufacture of Test Plates....Pages 146-150 Manufacture of Low-cost Curved Mirrors....Pages 151-165 Manufacture of Aspheric Surfaces on Lenses....Pages 166-173 Manufacture of Prisms....Pages 174-224 Process Materials and Process Control....Pages 225-234 Front Matter....Pages 235-235 Optical Calculations....Pages 237-251 Optical Specifications....Pages 252-265 Aberrations and Their Correction....Pages 266-280 The Design of Cemented Achromatic Doublets....Pages 281-291 Interferometers and Their Applications in Optical Testing....Pages 292-310 Back Matter....Pages 311-312