Log 2 - History

Question 1

Who suggested that the angle of refraction is proportional to the angle of incidence?

Answer 1

Ptolemy in 140 AD

Question 2

Who created spectacles for nearsightedness

Answer 2

Medici of Italy in 1400’s

Question 3

Who experimented with test letters in 1861

Answer 3

Willebord Snell

Question 4

Optician named McAllister refracted president Jefferson to what time of lenses?

Answer 4

Round bifocals in 1806

Question 5

What year was the ophthalmoscope invented?

Answer 5

1851

Question 6

Flat top bifocal was created in what year?

Answer 6

1926

Question 7

Progressive Addition Lens was created in what year? and patented in what year?

Answer 7

1907 was created, patented in 1924

Question 8

Invention of Transitions year

Answer 8

1990

Question 9

Which charter was responsible for establishing the optician in 1629?

Answer 9

The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

Question 10

An ophthalmologist requires how many years of training in North America

Answer 10

12-14 years

Question 11

Explained the color blue of the sky as a scattering of blue light by molecules in the Earth’s atmosphere

Answer 11

Lord Rayleigh

Question 12

What two things caused a sudden increase in use of CR39 plastic lenses

Answer 12

1. US government ruled that all glass lenses must be tempered and impact tested
2. Larger frame styles

Question 13

Standards of Practice for Opticians require

Answer 13

1. an expectation of how an Optician should conduct themselves while practicing
2. an expectation of the quality of care for a patient, practice, and procedures for a safe environment for staff and patients.
3. Prevention of transmission of infections
4. maintenance of appropriate records
5. meeting the ethical and legal requirements of the profession

Question 14

Optical abbreviations and basic parts for;

1. D.V
2. Add
3. N.V
4. O.D.
5. O.S.
6. O.U.
7. Sphere
8. Cyl
9. Axis
10. Prism
11. Base
12. Abbe

Answer 14

1. Distance Vision
2. Addition to distance vision
3. near vision
4. Oculus Dexter - right eye
5. Oculus Sinister - left eye
6. Oculus Uterque - both eyes
7. corrects the refractive error of the eye
8. corrects astigmatism
9. the angle for the correction of the cyl
10. treat errors in orientation of the eyes
11. direction of which the prism takes effect
12. Chromatic quality of a lens

Question 15

Who described light as a form of electromagnetic activity?

Answer 15

James Maxwell

Question 16

Who began the first Super Optical, where did it start and in what year?

Answer 16

LensCrafters in Ohio in 1983

Question 17

_________ recognition is the process of forming images in the brain.

Answer 17

Pattern