History of Eyeglasses

Question 1

Who was the first to suggest that smoothed glass might assist someone suffering from a visual impairment

Answer 1

Arab scholar and astronomer Ibn al-Heitam (ca. 965-1040 CE

Question 2

. His Book of Optics was translated into Latin in 1240 and found an attentive readership in many monastic communities

Answer 2

Arab scholar and astronomer Ibn al-Heitam

Question 3

, Italian monks developed a ___________ lens made of _______________that, when placed on a piece of writing, magnified the letters

Answer 3

in the 13th century
semi-spherical
rock crystal and quartz

Question 4

The term is derived from beryll, the name of the rock crystal that was smoothed down to form the first lenses.

Answer 4

the German word for glasses (Brille)

Question 5

This “reading stone” was a true blessing for

Answer 5

Older folks who have Presbyopia

Question 6

.” Giordano coined the word

Answer 6

“occhiali”

Question 7

In _______ and ________ two monks

Answer 7

1306, 1313

Question 8

provided the first documentation of Rivet Spectacles

Answer 8

Giordano da Rivalto and Alessandro della Spina,

Question 9

WHAT ARE THOSEEEE

Answer 9

RIVET GLASSES

Question 10

The earliest verified pictorial representation of eyeglasses is that of

Answer 10

Cardinal Hugh of Provence,

Question 11

The earliest verified pictorial representation of eyeglasses is that of Cardinal Hugh of Provence, by

Answer 11

Tommaso da Modena in 1352

Question 12

anachronism

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a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned

Question 13

WHAT ARE THOSEEE

Answer 13

BOW Bridge

Question 14

WHAT ARE THOSEEE
RAINBOW

Answer 14

SLIT BOW BRIDGE

Question 15

the threaded (thread loop) spectacle, invented in the early

Answer 15

1600

Question 16

__________spectacles, one for distance and one for near, in a dated wooden case..

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Masterpiece
1678

Question 17

This design used a one-piece frame, usually , with round lenses

Answer 17

METAL
COPPER
NUMBERG STYLE

Question 18

For portability and added convenience THE

Answer 18

Folding Nose eyeglass

Question 19

used starting in the mid century and lasting nearly 100 years.

Answer 19

17TH
FOLDING NOSE EYE GLASES

Question 20

(1677–1743), a London, England, optician, first advertised spectacles with

Answer 20

EDWARD Scarlett
TEMPLES

Question 21

Temple Spectacles had short, stiff sidepieces ending in a _______ that pressed against the temples of the head just above the ears.

Answer 21

Circular ring

Question 22

In_________, another London Optician, invented longer______that were hinged in the middle for ease of storage. This change finally added much needed______and increased stability.

Answer 22

In 1752, James Ayescough, temples comfort

Question 23

frames were introduced in the second half of the 18th century soon after the Hinged Temple design.

Answer 23

TURNPIN

Question 24

Adjustable sliding sides were then introduced just before

Answer 24

1800

Question 25

WHATT ARE THOSE

Answer 25

Bridge Style

Question 26

The most common style of bridge for Impression Spectacles was the “ _________________________an upside-down “U” with straight side arms

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crank design” (1800 to 1880),

Question 27

__” style and “__” type bridges, both ______ in origin were popular throughout the th century.

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“K” style and “X” type bridges, both French in origin were popular throughout the 19th century.

Question 28

_________ were not commonly used until after 1900

Answer 28

Nosepads

Question 29

_____________Eyewear was a quirky style that lasted about 100 years (1840–1940

Answer 29

Pince-Nez

Question 30

The______________ (used with modern lenses in the Matrix motion pictures) were first introduced about________

Answer 30

The Fingerpiece Pince-Nez
1880

Question 31

WHAT ARE THOSE?
The frames used a “C” spring bridge to hold the eyewear in place using sideways inward force created by the spring’s tension

Answer 31

Pince-Nez

Question 32

The___________ was worn by only a minority in the United States

Answer 32

monocle

Question 33

Answer 33

monocle

Question 34

_________________________________developed the bifocal.

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Benjamin Franklin in the 1780’s

Question 35

trifocal was introduced in London by _____________

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John Isaac Hawkins, whose trifocals were patented in 1827

Question 36

. In 1884 B. M. Hanna was granted patents on two forms of bifocals which become commercially standardized _______________ bifocals.

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as the “cemented” and “perfection”

Question 37

The first photochromic lenses were patented in the and were made of glass. Plastic versions followed in the 1980s and ’90s,

Answer 37

1960

Question 38

In 1889 _____________, a German medical student, described his own experimentation with contact lenses.

Answer 38

August Muller

Question 39

. By 1964 over 6 million people in the United States were wearing contact lenses, _____ of them female

Answer 39

65%