14th Century Spectacles
by Science Photo Library
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14th Century Spectacles
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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14th century spectacles. Artwork showing a man writing while wearing spectacles to correct long- sightedness (hypermetropia). Spectacles are thought to have been invented in the late 13th century in Italy, where this picture was created. Spectacles to correct short-sightedness (myopia) were not available for another 200 years. Artwork dated 1352.
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September 27th, 2018
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