Mike,
The f9.5 has eight elements in groups of two elements each. It has eight air to glass surfaces, so coating is particularly helpful. At the time it was introduced it was considered unusually fast for a wide angle.
In 1922, the f12.5 was referred to in Wollensak's catalog as the "new Series IIIa". It figures that it would be a later design than the f9.5, since it has the same series number with a letter after it. I am quite sure that I have seen a diagram of this lens showing four individual elements, but I can't put my finger on it now.
Like the Protar series VII, the Wollensak Series 1a Convertible has four elements, all cemented, in each cell.
Like so many other process types, the f10 apochromatic is a dialyte, type, four individual elements.
References regarding coverage of the f9.5 and f12.5 are mostly ambiguous if not downright confusing. You'll see figures that don't mean what the lens is capable of, just what angle is used in covering the rated plate size at infinity. You'll also see listings of the f9.5 only at full aperture and the f12.5 both at full aperture and at a small opening.
Wollensak seems to have gone back and forth regarding whether one or both the f9.5 and the f12.5 would be in production, if only one, which, and in what focal lengths. The 8X10 lenses seem to be much more common than the other sizes. Richard, I think you are fortunate in finding your 108mm.
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