Time Line of Glasses
- D Earliest technology of magnification- a form of magnifying glasses
- 9th century- Abbas Ibn Firana – clear glass used as corrective lenses
- 1268 in Pisa, Italy first spectacles with its frame and sidebars
- paintings by Tomasso da Modena in 1352 represent the earliest artistic representation of eyeglasses
- By the 1400s, Florence, Italy became a leader in sale, production and innovation of high quality eyeglasses
- 17th century, Germany became a major player in the history of eyeglasses
- modern style of glasses was developed in 1730, when London optician Edward Scarlett devised rigid side pieces that rest atop the ears
- American scientist Benjamin Franklin, who suffered from both myopia and presbyopia
- switch between distances and reading glasses and developed the bifocal lens in 1784
- lorgnette, a pair of glasses with a handle, was developed in the 18th century
- 18th century the monocle was introduced and was very popular in the 19th century particularly in Germany and Russia.
- British astronomer George Airy developed the first lenses for correcting astigmatism in 1825.
20th century, both in America and Europe eye glasses were produced to be functional, comfortable, and stylish
