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Lensmeter

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In 1922, a patent was filed for the first projection lensmeter, which has a similar system to the standard lensmeter pictured above, but projects the measuring target onto a screen eliminating the need for correction of the observer's
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One of five comprehensive instructional videos derived from the original Flash animation on the use of the Topcon lensmeter (vertometer). Produced by Dr Suzane Vassallo with La Trobe University. These videos are also available
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produced the photographometer, an instrument designed to measure the intensity of photogenic rays; and in 1849 he brought out the focimeter, for securing a perfect focus in photographic portraiture. In 1876,
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in the instrument itself and reducing the requirement to peer down a small telescope into the instrument. Despite these advantages the above design is still predominant in the optical world.
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to measure the back or front vertex power of a spectacle lens and verify the correct prescription in a pair of
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of a convex lens. Troppman went a step further in 1912, introducing the first direct measuring instrument.
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to obtain the last prescription the patient was given, in order to expedite the subsequent examination.
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The parameters appraised by a lensmeter are the values specified by an
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Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry & Visual Science, 7th edition
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Ophthalmic instrument mainly used by optometrists and opticians
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lensometer (sometimes even known as focimeter or vertometer)
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introduced a phakometer which was a similar set up to an
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ophthalmology
optometrists
opticians
eyeglasses
contact lenses
ophthalmologist
optometrist
prescription
progressive lenses
eye examination
Antoine Claudet
Hermann Snellen
optical bench
optical centre
refractive error
Lens clock
Optical power
Diopter
Focometer
Prism dioptre
Corrective lens components
Abbe refractometer
"Vertometer. (n.d.)"
"Ophthalmology Glossary on Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH website"

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