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  2. Glasses - Wikipedia

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    The 17th-century claim by Francesco Redi that Salvino degli Armati of Florence invented eyeglasses in the 13th century has been exposed as erroneous. [47] [48] Marco Polo is mistakenly claimed to have encountered eyeglasses during his travels in China in the 13th century. However, no such evidence appears in his accounts.

  3. Lorgnette - Wikipedia

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    From its invention to around the 17th century, corrective eyeglasses were mainly for the use of men. [8] It was not common practice for women to use optical aids unless they were to partake in specific activities or tasks in which they were required to use them such as sewing or reading. [5]

  4. Eyewear - Wikipedia

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    The first incarnations of glasses were made with the aim of providing aid to reading. [ 8 ] Though innovations in pre-modern eyewear technology occurred in both Imperial China and the Inuit territories, which both invented early forms of sunglasses and goggles, [ 9 ] Venice and Northern Italy have historically been the place of consolidation ...

  5. Horn-rimmed glasses - Wikipedia

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    Comparison of browline (left) and wayfarer horn-rimmed glasses, with prescription lenses for myopia. A variant of horn-rimmed glasses, browline glasses, became one of the defining eyeglass styles of the 1940s and 1950s. Invented in 1947, the style combined the aesthetics of horn-rimmed glasses with the stability of metal frames by fitting ...

  6. Salvino D'Armati - Wikipedia

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    Salvino D'Armato degli Armati of Florence is sometimes credited with the invention of eyeglasses in the 13th century, however it has been shown that this claim was a hoax, and that there was no member of the Armati family with that name at the time. [1] [2] [3] The earliest mention of Salvino degli Armati as the inventor of eyeglasses occurred ...

  7. Pince-nez - Wikipedia

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    Anton Chekhov with pince-nez, 1903. Pince-nez (/ ˈ p ɑː n s n eɪ / or / ˈ p ɪ n s n eɪ /, plural form same as singular; [1] French pronunciation:) is a style of glasses, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose.

  8. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    13th century: Earliest documented snow goggles, a type of sunglasses, made of flattened walrus or caribou ivory are used by the Inuit peoples in the arctic regions of North America. [363] [364] In China, the first sunglasses consisting of flat panes of smoky quartz are documented. [365] [366] 13th century - 14th century: Worm gear cotton gin in ...

  9. Bifocals - Wikipedia

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    Original bifocals were designed with the most convex lenses (for close viewing) in the lower half of the frame and the least convex lenses on the upper. Up until the beginning of the 20th century two separate lenses were cut in half and combined in the rim of the frame.

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