The historical challenge of large lenses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4411, Issue , 2002, Pages 147-160

  Johnson, Kevin L ^a  

^a SCIENCE MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ECONOMICS; IMAGE QUALITY; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETERS;

ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE; GIANT REFRACTOR; LARGE LENSES; LIGHT DIFFRACTION; OPTICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 0036393401     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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