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focimeter

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focimeter
An optical instrument for determining the vertex power, axis direction and optical centre of an ophthalmic lens (Fig. F8). The instrument can be either manual or automated. Syn. Lensometer (a tradename); vertexometer; Vertometer (a tradename). See lens measure; neutralization; back vertex power.
Fig. F8 Focimeter (Shin Nippon)enlarge picture
Fig. F8 Focimeter (Shin Nippon)


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The focimeter can be used to discover the powers of the cleaned RGP lenses and the results compared to those noted in the records.
After developing this first instrument, the academic support officer went onto build, amongst other things, a progressive lens measurement machine that he patented, and a scanning focimeter which second-year optometry students at Aston University use today.
 
 
 
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