Journal of the Optical Society of America/Volume 30/Issue 12

Journal of the

Optical Society

of America

Volume 30 No. 12		DECEMBER 1940

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Published monthly

at Prince and Lemon Sts., Lancaster, Pa.

by the

American Institute of Physics

ncorporated

175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

FOR AND UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF

The Optical Society of America

The Optical Society of America

Officers of the Society

K. S. Gibson, President National Bureau of Standards Washington, D. C.	A. G. Worthing, Vice President University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Artuur C. Hardy, Secretary Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts
	Henry F. Kurtz, Treasurer Bausch & Lomb Optical Company Rochester, New York

The Board of Directors consists of the above officers; the Editor of the Journal; the Past President; and five directors-at-large.

R. C. Gibbs, Past President Cornell University Ithaca, New York

George Harrison, Editor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts

Directors-at-Large

J. W. Beams University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia		H. P. Gage Corning Glass Works Corning, New York		Rupert Kingslake Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York
	William F. Meggers National Bureau of Standards Washington, D. C.		Brian O’Brien University of Rochester Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York, Section of the Optical Society of America

B. O’Brien, President R. B. Horsfall, Jr., Vice President D. L. MacAdam, Secretary J. W. Gillon, Treasurer

Councillors: H. F. Kurtz, J. H. McLeod, C. J. Staud, T. R. Wilkins, R. E. Burroughs (ex officio)

Corporation Members of the Optical Society of America

American Optical Company, Southbridge, Massachusetts	Gaertner Scientific Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, New York	W. & L. E. Gurley, Troy, New York
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York, New York	Interchemical Corporation, New York, New York
	Keuffel & Esser Company, Hoboken, New Jersey
Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York	Spencer Lens Company, Buffalo, New York
Arthur H. Thomas Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Optical Society OF America was organized in 1916 “to increase and diffuse the knowledge of optics in all its branches, pure and applied, to promote the mutual interests of investigators of optical problems, of designers, manufacturers and users of optical instruments and apparatus of all kinds and to encourage cooperation among them.” It aims to serve the interests of all who are engaged in any branch of optics from fundamental research to the manufacture of optical goods.

Membership

Regular Members: “Any person who has contributed materially to the advancement of optics is eligible for regular membership.”

Associate Members: “Any person who is interested in optics is eligible for associate membership.”

Corporate Members: “Any corporation desirous of encouraging the work of the Society is eligible for corporation membership ”

The Society cordially invites to membership all who are interested in any branch of optics, either in research, in instruction, in optical or illuminating engineering, in the manufacture and distribution of optical goods of all kinds or in physiological and medical optics.

Annual Dues

Regular members, $7.50; Associate members, $5.00; Corporate members, $50.00. These dues include subscription to the Society’s official journal, the Journal of the Optical Society of America.

Meetings

The Society holds two meetings per year: An annual meeting in the autumn and a midwinter meeting, usually with the American Physical Society.

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All changes of address of members of the Optical Society of America should be communicated to the Secretary, Professor Arthur C. Hardy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.