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History Quiz Flashcards

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138 AD

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Claudius Ptolemy discovered the bending of a glass rod in water

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1268 England

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Roger Bacon describes magnification of a convex lens

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1285 Italy

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Salvino d’Armato - “The Father of Spectacles” written on gravestone

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1440 Germany

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Johannes Guttenburg invented the printing press

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1629 England

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Charles 1 charters “The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers” controlled the quality of lenses by going around and smashing bad ones!

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1784 America

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Ben Franklin invented bifocals

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7
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1800

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Thomas Young - Astigmatism

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1827

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Sir George Airy made the first cylinder lenses to correct for Astigmatism

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9
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1862

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Hermann Snellen invents the Snellen Chart to evaluate visual acuity

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10
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1864

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F.C. Donders MD writes “Accommodation and Refraction of the eye” stimulates vision testing + correcting

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1873

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Cuignet developed retinoscopy, an objective method of refraction

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1900

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Refraction Opticians adopt the name Optometrist

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13
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1926

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Guild of Prescription Opticians of America: promote quality service + materials

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14
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1963

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National Academy of Opticianry (NAO); to help educate opticians

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1947

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American Board of Opticianry (ABO); helped form college courses of Opticianry and to certify opticians by examination (first college degree course at Erie Community College in Buffalo)

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16
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1971

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Opticians Association of America (OAA)

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1973

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NAO and ABO merged

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1979

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NAO and ABO spilt

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Present

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  • OAA + NAO = NationalOpt.org
  • Contact Lens Society of America (CLSA)
  • ABO
  • National Federation of Opticianry Schools (NFOS)
  • Commission on Opticianry (COA)
  • Tennessee Dispensing Opticians Association (TDOA)
  • Tennessee State Licensing Board
  • Optical Laboratory Association (OLA)
  • Optical Manufacturers Association (OMA)

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