Original U.S. WWI Era US Army Signal Corps 6x30 Binocular Lot by Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. - (2) Items
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Original Items: Only One Lot of 2 Available. This is a wonderful opportunity to add (2) lovely 6x30 binoculars to your collections. A Great War display is not complete without a pair of binos or two, making this a fantastic offering!
Both sets of optics are marked with the following:
Left Barrel:
PRISM STEREO
30mm
APERT.
6 POWER
Right Barrel:
BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO.
U.S.A.
ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Both are offered in wonderful, operational condition though only one set has a neck strap. They are a little dirty but still focus as intended and can be adjusted.
Comes more than ready for display.
With the growth of the US army, under President Theodore Roosevelt and the buildup of the naval fleet, Bausch & Lomb received the commission, through the supplier Saegmuller, to manufacture high-precision lenses for optical measurement and founded a joint venture with Saegmuller. At the same time as this new expansion, a research department with five members was started to develop new products and improve old ones. A new alliance with the Zeiss company in Germany ensured competitive advantages for the three participants, Bausch & Lomb, Saegmuller and Zeiss, in terms of patent use and opening new markets. In 1902, William Bausch, the son of the founder, developed a process to create the desired lens shape directly by casting molten glass. Previously, the glass parts for the lenses had to be separated, ground and polished in a complicated process, and this brought significant savings in time and materials.
The company produced the first optical-quality glass in America during the early to mid-1900s. By the year 1903 the company began manufacturing microscopes, binoculars, and camera shutters.
The further development of the firm was affected by political events. Because of the World Wars and the consequent need for optical instruments such as field glasses, range finders, camera lenses, binocular telescopes, searchlight mirrors, torpedo tube sights, and periscopes, the product range could be considerably broadened. Until World War I, optical glass and the instruments made from it (including many military instruments) were often imported into most European and North American countries from Germany. The same was also true of chemical products and laboratory equipment. The outbreak of the war, with Germany's new enemy status, created a scramble to rapidly enhance the domestic industries. In 1933, Bausch + Lomb started to honor outstanding high school science students with the Bausch+Lomb Honorary Science Award. In the 1930s, military products represented 70% of total production. The Ray-Ban brand of sunglasses was developed for pilots in 1936.
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