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  2. Glasses - Wikipedia

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    In 1971, Rishi Agarwal, in an article in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, states that Vyasatirtha was observed in possession of a pair of glasses in the 1520s, he argues that it "is, therefore, most likely that the use of lenses reached Europe via the Arabs, as did Hindu mathematics and the ophthalmological works of the ancient Hindu ...

  3. Eyewear - Wikipedia

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    Eyewear frames around this time were mainly made of animal bones, horns and fabric; the implementation of wire frames in the 16th century further allowed glasses to be mass-produced. The 16th century also saw the earliest ancestors of pince-nez eyewear, which secured itself to the wearer through "pinching" the nose and later would become ...

  4. List of oldest eyewear companies - Wikipedia

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    This page provides a list of the oldest brands and companies operating only in the eyewear manufacturing business to date and in any country. "Eyewear", although a relatively modern terminology, refers to the category of all items and accessories worn over the eyes for fashion adornment, protection against the environment and medical issues, including glasses (also called eyeglasses or ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. History of optics - Wikipedia

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    Around 1286, possibly in Pisa, Italy, the first pair of eyeglasses was made, although it is unclear who the inventor was. [ 50 ] The earliest known working telescopes were the refracting telescopes that appeared in the Netherlands in 1608.

  7. Pince-nez - Wikipedia

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    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. The name comes from French pincer, "to pinch", and nez, "nose".

  8. Rimless eyeglasses - Wikipedia

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    The template for rimless eyeglasses date back to the 1820s, when an Austrian inventor named Johann Friedrich Voigtländer [] marketed a rimless monocle. [2] The design as it is known today arose in the 1880s [3] as a means to alleviate the combined weight of metal frames with heavy glass lenses.

  9. Ray-Ban - Wikipedia

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    The prototype, created in 1936 and known as "Anti-Glare", had plastic frames and green lenses that could cut out the glare without obscuring vision. The name "Ray-Ban" was hence derived from the ability of these glasses to limit the ingress of either ultra-violet or infra-red rays of light. [7] Impact-resistant lenses were added in 1938. [8]