A History of the Photographic Lens

Rudolph Kingslake, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Optics, Rochester University, is an accomplished optics scientist and recipient of numerous prestigious awards from the scientific community. As author of "A History of the Photographic Lens", Dr. Kingslake has compiled a text both strong in historical material and the technical aspects of optical science. This unique history is a distillation of both the history of the makers of lenses and the technical reasons for the importance of various advancements. Because Kingslake is, himself, one of the pioneers of photographic lens making, what he has to say is especially important.