This presentation is about the fascinating history of eyewear. The history of eyewear began somewhere around 1000 A.D. It includes the invention and evolution of spectacles.

1. The Fascinating History
Of Eyewear
Done by:-
Pournami Kosuri (Industrial Design)
Guided by:-
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gomathi Gowda
Asst. Prof. Ashwini Kalyani (Audit Faculty)

2. Timeline

3. Introduction
• The history of eyewear began somewhere around 1000 A.D. Between A.D.
1000 and 1250, monks developed and used reading stones–much like a
magnifying glass. The first wearable glasses were invented some time
between 1260 and 1290.
• Overtime many styles were introduced such as monocle, lorgnette, prince-
nez and so on. The elements of each spectacles evolved through time.

4. Reading stones
This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC.
Roman Emperor Nero used magnifying emerald to watch the gladiator game.
Reading stone
Roman emporer Nero

5. The First Pair
of glasses
o Invented in Northern Italy.
o Two magnifying glasses set
into bone, metal or leather,
and connected with a hinge.
o Monks wore prince-nez style
or monocles to see and read
religious texts.
Portrait of Hugh of Saint-Cher, 1352, Tommaso da Modena D'Armate, in Italy

6. 1300's
Rivet spectacles
scissor glasses

7. 1700's
• Edward Scarlett added rigid rods
to the frames to rest on the ears.
The ‘temple’ frame, invented in 1730

8. Benjamin Franklin is often credited with the invention of bifocals.
1800's

9. 1900's
Monocle
D-spectacles

10. Eyewear in Various Fields
Swimming goggles
spectacles
Tinted glasses
Welding shield
Frameless

11. References
https://medium.com/@wiresglasses/top-ten-innovations-in-eyewear-
a-brief-history-c7c69044c38f
https://www.historyofinformation.com/image.php?id=
4427
https://www.college-optometrists.org/the-college/museum/online-
exhibitions/virtual-spectacles-gallery/nineteenth-century-spectacles.html
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/52dc801f2162ef10d41df878
Book :-
Challoner Jack, 1001 inventions that changed the world since 2,600,000 BCE, Cassell Illustrated, London, 2009.
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