The United States gentleman of scientific discipline, Ben Franklin, who persevered both nearsightedness as well as presbyopia, devised bifocals in 1784 to avoid having to frequently switch between two sets of eyeglasses.
The original lenses for rectifying astigmia were constructed by the British astronomer George Airy within 1825.
Along the history of bifocals, the building of [...]
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