Nov 25 1961
From The Space Library
Announced that the largest quartz lens ever ground had been completed by Bausch Lomb for use in NASA's optical solar simulation system at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The lens is 36 inches in diameter, 6 inches thick at the center, and weighs 350 pounds.
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