Founded in 1853, Bausch and Lomb are one of the longest continually operating companies in the United States. John Jacob Bausch, a German immigrant opened a small optical goods store in Rochester, New York later borrowing $60 from his friend Henry Lomb on the promise that if the business grew Lomb would become a full partner. Bausch and Lomb began manufacturing a revolutionary rubber eyeglass frame and a variety of high precision manufacture optical products. By 1903 patents had been applied and granted for binoculars, microscope and even a camera shutter based on the mechanism of the eye. Bausch and Lomb produced the first optical grade glass in the United States and developed advanced sunglasses for military use in World War I, they even created the lenses used in taking the first satellite photographs of the moon. By 1971 Bausch and Lomb had introduced the first soft contact lenses and today remain the worlds largest provider of eye care products.
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Purevision
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Soflens
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