Object Details
- Description
- The “COMPUMATIC SLIDE RULE” and “WESLEY JESSEN” inscriptions on this device refer to Newton K. Wesley (1917-2011) and George N. Jessen (1916-1987), two optometrists who worked together in Chicago, developed plastic contact lenses, and established the Plastic Contact Lens Co. That firm introduced the term “Compumatic” to commerce in 1961 and obtained a copyright the following year. The device was designed for determining the curvatures of corneas and contact lenses.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Robert E. Fischer
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in x 18 in; .9525 cm x 13.6525 cm x 45.72 cm
- Object Name
- slide rule, contact lens
- slide rule, contact lens
- Other Terms
- Slide Rule, Compumatic, Contact Lens; Medicine
