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unusual facts about Cooke Optics


Cooke Optics

The optical manager of that company, H. Dennis Taylor (no relation), devised the Cooke triplet lens in the 1890s.


Dialyte lens

The Aviar type of lens (Taylor Hobson) is similar but is considered to have a different origin, from the splitting of the central biconcave element of the Cooke triplet.


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