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Renaissance Vision from Spectacles to Telescopes (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society)
Renaissance Vision from Spectacles to Telescopes - Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society
Author: Vincent Ilardi
This book deals with the history of eyeglasses from their invention in Italy ca. 1286 to the appearance of the telescope three centuries later. By the end of the 16th century eyeglasses were as common in western & central Europe as desktop computers are in western developed countries today. Eyeglasses served an important technological function a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780871692597
ISBN-10: 0871692597
Publication Date: 6/15/2007
Pages: 378
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Amer Philosophical Society
Book Type: Hardcover
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