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A METHOD of producing a stabilized retinal image (that is, an image which is stationary on the retina) was first described in Nature 1, and other work has been reported elsewhere2–4. Here we describe a method of producing a stabilized image with interference fringes. A cylindrical unit 6 mm. in diameter and 3 mm. thick is formed by cementing a calcite crystal between two pieces of ‘Polaroid’. This unit is cemented to a steel ball which fits tightly into a ball-socket joint on a stalk fixed to a contact lens as shown in Fig. 1.
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DITCHBURN, R., PRITCHARD, R. Stabilized Interference Fringes on the Retina. Nature 177, 434 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177434a0
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