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Definition of Opticians
1. optician [n] - See also: optician
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opticians
Literary usage of Opticians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1896)
"THE PROFESSION, THE opticians AND THE PUBLIC. ... and the opticians did not fail
to see the advantage of their position and the plausibility of their claim ..."
2. The Microscope in Theory and Practice by Simon Schwendener (1892)
"THE STANDS OF MODERN opticians. WE now proceed to describe a type-model stand
... 51), which these opticians have retained without essential alterations, ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"Published by BLAND a LONG, opticians, Philosophical and Photographical ...
BLAND a LONG, opticians. Photographical Instrument Makers,and Operative ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Of English opticians, the name of Andrew Ross has always been placed foremost,
... First of all the opticians Mr. Ross made his objectives so perfectly ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... By the labours of these practical opticians, and the suggestions of various
scientific persons, ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield, Robert Gould Street (1913)
"Pharmacists, opticians, etc. — The liability of one who is employed in the business
of mixing or compounding drugs for medicine, whether on prescription or ..."
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