You can make beautiful prisms and lenses out of it.
It has been suggested that the knowledge required to make such lenses was restricted to only a few craftsmen, and perhaps a single person.
Only recently was there a way found to fully duplicate Leeuwenhoek's work of making lenses.
But it takes so long to make lenses, polish mirrors.
Several companies made catadioptric lenses throughout the later part of the 20th century.
It is also used in making optical glasses and lenses.
However, it is well known that he was not the first to make achromatic lenses.
Mr. Brown said his company was a small manufacturer that made clear lenses for many years.
The Allies had to quickly learn to make lenses especially for long foci.
They also make lenses for digital cinema, and high definition video.