Eye Glasses History

Question 1

Before 1200

Answer 1

Magnification from the fluid-filled spheres

Romans knew glass making

Question 2

1200

Answer 2

Stone for reading (in Venice)

Rounded glass for a vision made.

Question 3

1300

Answer 3

Handheld reading glasses were made

Vecchi allowed to make glass lenses, but not to sell them as crystals

Hyperopic glasses were made

Question 4

1400

Answer 4

Reading glasses demand increased exponentially

Formal nearsighted, myopic, glasses were made

Question 5

1500

Answer 5

Arched spring bridge pinching nose glasses tried

Torsion spring metal bridge glasses failed

Trade of glasses forced to have Guild Regulations

Question 6

1600

Answer 6

Sit alone on nose frames of copper

Mass production

Ribbons to hold glasses

Lenses separated according to powers

Question 7

1700

Answer 7

Glasses with temples introduced

Bifocal lenses were marketed

Symbols of social status (gold, silver frames with stones)

Question 8

1800

Answer 8

Prince-nez spring bridges were common
> Fili frames with thin metal temples introduced
> Celluloid, bakelite, and Galactite replied to the traditional materials

Question 9

1900

Answer 9

> Safety / Protection glasses
Fashion, expression of style and personality

Question 10

2000

Answer 10

> Italian eyewear became the world leader
Veneto region in Italy has a history of making eyewear for700 years