The History and Evolution of Eyeglasses

The First Lenses to improve Eyesight

Period: Mar 5, 1285 to Mar 5, 1500

THe history of eyeglasses Most historians belive the first eyeglasses where invented in Pisa, or Venice italy around this time period. The lenses where set into bone, metal, or leather mountings shaped like small magnifying glasses with handles riveted together to form an inverted V shape that could be balenced on the bridge of your nose.

First Eyeglass Frame Temples

Mar 5, 1600

The history of Eyeglasses, important events
Unnamed Spanish crasftmen create the first eyeglasses 'Frame Temples'. They attached ribbons of silk or strings the the frame to loop them around the wearer's ears. The chinease then attached small metal weights to the end's of the ribbons instead of looping them,

First riged Eyeglass temples

Mar 5, 1730

Edward Scarlett Info It is said that London Optician, Edward Scarlett invented Riged temples that rest on the top of your ears, like the ones we use today,