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Introduction. General procedure. Theory of grinding and polishing. Methods of polishing. Procedure for Optical surfaces of 3 to 6 inches in diameter and larger. Cutting and roughing out the work. Biscuit cutter. Glass saws. Modified Draper machine. Support Of the work. Grinding the curve in the work. Fine grinding. Pitch for tools. Polishing. Figuring. Cutting zones and transi tion zones. Interpretation Of the action Of polishing and figuring tools. Figuring tools for zones. Manner Of figuring various zonal defects, and of making aspheric surfaces Of revolution'. Astigmatism. Optical testing. Newton's fringes. Haidinger's fringes. Eyepiece tests. Foucault knife-edge test. Zonal knife - edge testing. The Ronchi test. Hartmann's test. Lining up a system of mirrors. Two methods of generating Optical surfaces. Working Optical surfaces on the hand-lever machine. Relationship between two optical surfaces. Blocking. Quartz and calcite. Optical working of crystals. Polish ing of metals. The Schmidt camera.

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