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Oct 4, 1021
First mention of the camera and oldest known drawing of the human eye(Ibn- al- Haytham)
its was thousands of years back when the Iraqi scientist Ibn- al- Haytham mention a device like this in his book,Book of Optics 1021(http://www.museumofvision.org/collection/sets/?key=28 for history of glasses. -
Oct 4, 1268
Italy,1268
The earliest mention of glasses is said to have been worn by monks and scholars.The inventor is still unknown. -
Oct 4, 1452
Italy,1452(really the world of Europe)
The invention of the printing press in 1452,the growing rate of literacy and the availability of books called for new designs and eventually mass production of inexpensive glasses. -
Oct 4, 1452
First sketches of Contacts
Leonardo De Vinci is said to have created sketches that suggest the optics of the human eye could be alter by placing the cornea directly in contact with water.(http://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/faq/when-invented.htm) -
Johann zann
he designed the first camera in 1685(for camera http://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/faq/when-invented.htm) -
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1700s
in this time glasses were made by hand and with the invention of side or temple pieces they became better.then Benjamin Franklin came and invented bifocals(a very important invention for glasses) -
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1800s
Large scale manufacturing became possible by the end of this century and came in fewer styles.Soon glasses were known as a symbol of old age and encouraged the invention of lorgnettes which came from scissor spectacles.they became so popular that manufacturers started putting them in all kinds of things such as mechanical pencils, fans and even an ear trumpet. -
Louis Daquerre 1829
The first practical photography was made by Louis Daquerre,but it took him almost 10 years to create an effective method of saving the images and is now known has a daguerreotype. -
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1900s
people saw the eyeglass become a industry of its own with manufacturing and distribution.Styles soon changed with Hollywood and new materials such as plastic. -
The creation of ocumetric bionic lens
the lens developed by Gareth Webb are able to no only correct eyesight but improve it too and don't degrade over time.