Reading glasses are one of the most important inventions of the past 2000 years. They developed because of the work of artisans like glassmakers, jewelers and clockmakers, along with some of the most brilliant scientific minds over the centuries. Philosophers, monks, mathematicians, physicists, astronomers and chemists played roles in developing the eyeglass. It’s been reported that Seneca – the Roman statesman, dramatist and philosopher (4BC – 65AD) used a glass globe filled with water as a magnifier to read ‘all the books of Rome’. Around the year 1000, glass blowers in Italy are credited with producing reading stones made of solid glass. These were similar to the magnifying lenses of today.
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