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2. Hakim Optical - Wikipedia

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   Hakim Optical in Richmond Hill. Karim Hakimi, a native of Iran, learned to make lenses from old window glass as a child. After a stint in the navy, Hakimi worked in the optical industry in Switzerland. He then migrated to Canada and opened an optical laboratory in the former Elmwood Hotel (now the Elmwood Spa) in downtown Toronto, Ontario.

3. Bausch & Lomb - Wikipedia

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   Bausch & Lomb (since 2010 stylized as Bausch + Lomb [2]) is an American-Canadian eye health products company based in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the world's largest suppliers of contact lenses, [3] lens care products, pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products. [4] [5] The company was founded in Rochester ...

4. Astigmatism (optical systems) - Wikipedia

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   An optical system with astigmatism is one where rays that propagate in two perpendicular planes have different foci. If an optical system with astigmatism is used to form an image of a cross, the vertical and horizontal lines will be in sharp focus at two different distances. The term comes from the Greek α- ( a-) meaning "without" and ...

5. Vertex distance - Wikipedia

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   Vertex distance. Vertex distance. Vertex distance is the distance between the back surface of a corrective lens, i.e. glasses (spectacles) or contact lenses, and the front of the cornea. Increasing or decreasing the vertex distance changes the optical properties of the system, by moving the focal point forward or backward, effectively changing ...

6. American Optical Company - Wikipedia

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   The lenses were made to a joint standard shared by the U.S. Army Air Corps and the U.S. Navy. As a result, the lens carried an "AN" (Army/Navy) specification number: AN6531. The U.S. Government specified the shape of the lens and the color, which was initially a green-tinted lens that transmitted 50% of incoming visible daylight.

7. Target Optical - Wikipedia

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   Target Optical was founded by the Cole National Corporation in 1995 [1] in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2004, the Cole National Corporation was acquired by the Italian Luxottica S.p.A. along with other Cole National Corporation holdings such as Pearle Vision. Luxottica folded Cole's operations into its North American Retail Group and the Cole structure ...