Anna Estelle Glancy


Anna Estelle Glancy was an astronomer, computer and lens designer whose work with Edgar Tillyer at the American Optical Company improved the optics of eyeglasses, cameras, telescopes, and military optical instruments. She was born and died in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Publications

  • Glancy, A.. Observations of comets and asteroids. Berkeley: University Press.
  • Glancy, A.. Photographic observations of Comet c 1908. Berkeley: University Press.
  • Cole, F., Cummings, L., Glancy, A., Leuschner, A., Levy, S., Merrill, G., Van Orstrand, C. and White, H.. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Volume XIV. Washington, DC: .
  • Glancy, A., Leuschner, A. and Levy, S.. On von Zeipel's theory of the perturbations of the Hecuba group of minor planets. .
  • Leuschner, A., Glancy, A. and McDonald, S.. Tables of minor planets discovered by James C. Watson. Washington: Govt. Print. Off.
  • Perrine, C. and Glancy, A.. Observaciones del cometa Halley durante su aparicion en 1910. Córdoba: Publicado por el Observatório.
  • Glancy, A.. The focal power of ophthalmic lenses. : American Optical Co.

Patents

  • Lens-grinding machine, 5 Aug 1924, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Corp
  • Ophthalmic lens, 9 Dec 1924, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Corp
  • Lens, 23 Dec 1924, Anna Estelle Glancy / Edgar D Tillyer, American Optical Corp
  • Ophthalmic lens, 14 Feb 1928, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Corp
  • Lens-seating device, 30 Jul 1929, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Corp
  • Lens-testing instrument, 3 Sep 1929, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Corp
  • Optical system for measuring changes in magnification, 14 Nov 1939, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Corp
  • Ophthalmic lens, 14 Nov 1939, Anna Estelle Glancy / Louis L Gagnon, American Optical Corp
  • Size testing system, 20 Feb 1940, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Corp
  • Wide aperture objective, 13 Mar 1945, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Company
  • Wide aperture lens system having means for reducing spherical aberrations, 5 Jul 1949, Anna Estelle Glancy, American Optical Corp