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Date1830
AuthorLister
ContributionDescribed mathematics of achromatic lens.
ReferenceBradbury
NotesJ. J. Lister. Published (Phil. Trans. 130:187) guidelines for making achromatic objectives without accumulation of spherical aberration. This permitted rational design of objectives of the Amici type; see 1827. A landmark development, signaling the practicality of objectives with both types of correction.
CategoryMiscellany
Pathogen ClassGeneral

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