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Eyeglasses Through the Ages  Technically, glasses were formed when two of these were connected together at the ... Ordinary white glass (cristallum) was first developed around that time and this was ... In one of the guild's earliest regulations adopted in April 1300, the ... or presbyopes and in two strengths for myopes, practically prescription lenses; 4.
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jeopardy/2089_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  A DAY AT THE RACES | When she turns 5 a filly becomes one of these | Mare ... The earliest ones of these, dating from around 1300, corrected presbyopia |...
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Free Flashcards about MIDDLE AGES - StudyStack  THE EARLIEST ONES OF THESE, DATING FROM AROUND 1300, CORRECTED PRESBYOPIA, EYEGLASSES. PEOPLE ADDED AN "A" TO THE END OF...
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The Early History of Eyeglasses - OptiBoard Discussion Forums  I thought that some of you might be interested in the origins of one of the most ... that the first pair of spectacles was invented around 1286 near Pisa in Italy. These early examples consisted of two glass convex discs enclosed in .... eyeglasses were used at first to correct presbyopia and later myopia without...
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J! Archive - Show #3614, aired 2000-04-27  The area around the altar of a church; churches offered the "Right of" it to fugitives ... The earliest ones of these, dating from around 1300, corrected presbyopia...
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The 'inventor' of bifocals? - The College of Optometrists  Why it is wrong to say Benjamin Franklin 'invented' bifocals. ... Franklin has long been credited with the invention of bifocal spectacle lenses, but ... best at the distance proper for reading, is not the best for greater distances. ... A modern replica pair of the type of split bifocal spectacles known to have been worn by Benjamin...
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Cataract History - News Medical  Apr 14, 2014 ... A cataract is a white or cloudy patch that develops in the eye lens, ... Ridley noticed that Royal Air force pilots whose canopies had been struck...
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Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology ...  Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology. Contents. [hide]. 1 Before the ... 700-77 - The first Zij treatise, Az-Zj al Sin al-Arab, written by Ibrahim al-Fazari ... of the Sights, which may have possibly been an early rudimentary telescope. ... in which he described the design of very long aerial telescopes...
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History of the telescope - Wikipedia  The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands and are credited ... In 1611, Johannes Kepler described how a telescope could be made with a ... the process of silvering glass mirrors introduced by Lon Foucault in 1857; .... With a Convex lens, things nearer to be greater, but more obscurely.
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Bifocals - Wikipedia  Bifocals are eyeglasses with two distinct optical powers. Bifocals are commonly prescribed to ... Benjamin Franklin is generally credited with the invention of bifocals. ... Today most bifocals are created by molding a reading segment into a primary lens and are available with the reading segments in a variety of shapes and...
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The cause of Galileo's blindness | The Astronomy Journal  May 15, 2008 ... There are proofs of Galileo reading his renunciation at his inquisition (when he was charged by the church) at the age of 70. His eyesight must...
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Eyeglasses Through the Ages  Word Discovery ... "The art of making a pair of spectacles was an achievement of monumental ... (eyeglasses) and its use began to spread throughout Italy and Europe. ... The finest examples with quality crystal/glass lenses and gold or silver frames ... By the early 16th century, spectacle peddlers who were selling glasses...
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Free Flashcards about SCIENTISTS - StudyStack  GALILEO FAMOUSLY SAW SPOTS BEFORE HIS EYES WHEN HE STUDIED THIS IN 1611, SUN. IN 1924 LOUIS VICTOR DE BROGLIE DESCRIBED THE...
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Ophthalmoscopes Part 1 - The College of Optometrists  The ophthalmoscope is the staple instrument of the optometrist. ... It is now more than 150 years since Hermann von Helmholtz's 'discovery' of the ophthalmoscope in 1851. ... On the left is an early Helmholtz Ophthalmoscope from 1851. ... Fundus = The interior of the eye as it appears through an ophthalmoscope when...
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Cataract Surgery Across Time - Unite For Sight  This eye surgery has been conducted since ancient times, but has ... The word cataract stems from the Greek word for waterfall, because prior to the 1700s, people ... the cataract is actually removed was introduced in 1748 by Jacques Daniel ... In the surgeries performed today, a plastic prescription lens is implanted into...
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Newton and the colour of light - The College of Optometrists  His experiments in bending light through prisms led, eventually, to the ... Newton's Opticks, first published in 1704, went through many editions and was the ... scientific writers, including Aristotle, Alhazen, Vitello and Antonio de Dominis, ... law of centrifugal force, were continued in 1679 and culminated in his book, Principia.
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Benjamin Franklin-Father of the Bifocal  It presented Benjamin Franklin as the inventor of bifocals. ... I therefore had formerly two pairs of spectacles, which I shifted occasionally, as in ... around and bringing the seam between the two half glasses in the way of the eye. ... In both these instances however it was possibly for trial lenses and not for use as eyeglasses.
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Hyperopia Myopia Amblyopia Presbyopia Astigmatism CVS  The opposite of emmetropia is ametropia. ... Hyperopia is more commonly known as farsightedness. ... Mild astigmatism usually does not need to be corrected.
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History of photography - Wikipedia  The earliest surviving camera photograph, 1826 or 1827, known as View from the Window at Le Gras. The history of photography has roots in remote antiquity with the discovery of the principle of ... During the first decade of the 21st century, traditional film-based photochemical methods were increasingly marginalized as the...
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John Dalton's Eyes: A History of the Eye and Color Vision, Part One  On October 31, 1794 before a meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society ... The paper published in 1798 was the first systematic study of defective color vision. ... Dalton had a condition he referred to as anomalous vision which we have ... of optics and early photography, is credited with coining the term 'color-blind.
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