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JUGCC:

--- Quote from: mrvaselineglass on December 02, 2010, 04:38:39 AM ---
>>it says CORNING MONEX

I (Ritsuo) am a manager of JUGCC(Japan Uranium Glass Collectors Club).
One of our club member owns a similar lense, and he says this is a part of a signal lamp (PL: Position Lamp) of US railways.
It can forcus the light to a long distance by its lense.
I could find similar explanation as follows:
>http://www.railroadsignals.us/signals/pl/pl.htm
>1915 - Dr. William Churchill of Corning Glass developed a pale yellow "fog-penetrating" glass, which the PRR then used in their PL signals.

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mrvaselineglass:
Thank you!
I always figured my lens was for the railroad, but did not know if it was for a signal, or on the train itself.  I now have proof! 

Dave Peterson

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