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Florence as Manufacturing Center
- When
- 1451
- Where
- Florence, Italy
By 1451, Florence had become the leading European center for manufacturing high-quality concave spectacle lenses.
Historical records indicate that by 1451, Florence had overtaken Venice as the primary manufacturing hub for high-quality spectacles. This included the production of concave lenses specifically designed to correct myopia, reflecting a mature commercial industry in optical correction within the city.
Sources
- invention-spectacles Wikipedia
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