Why 1916? A Look Back at OSA's Roots

W. Lewis Hyde

Th is year marks the 90th anniversary of the Optical Society of America. Th rough the years, the Society has grown from a local group of Rochester-based optical scientists and instrument-makers into a large organization that represents physicists and engineers around the world. Let us look back for a moment to appreciate how it all began.

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