Early spectacles in the 13th century featured rudimentary lenses framed together in wood—a design that was quite difficult to balance on the nose. Instead, the wearer wou… See more

Around the 14th century, the pince-nez emerged. They allowed wearers to balance lenses on the … See more

The invention of the printing press in the 1430s increased access to printed materials. This, of course, meant a greater need for vision correction. In the 1500s, glasses (al… See more

In 1604, Johannes Kepler was credited with the first accurate explanation of how concave lenses could correct myopia (nearsightedness) compared to the use of convex len… See more