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The history of “optometry” (refracting opticians) is often traced back to the first studies on optics and image formation by the attention. The origins of optical science (optics, as taught in a basic physics class) date back a few thousand years BC as evidence of the existence of lenses for decoration has been found in Greece and therefore the Netherlands.[citation needed] It is unknown when the first spectacles were made. The British scientist and historian Sir Joseph Needham, in his Science and Civilization in China, reported the earliest mention of spectacles was in Venetian guild regulations circa 1300. He suggested that the occasional claim that spectacles were invented in China may have come from a paper by Laufer. Per Needham, the paper by Laufer had many inconsistencies, and that the references in the document used by Laufer were not in the original copies but added during the Ming dynasty. Early Chinese sources mention the eyeglasses were imported. Alternatively, research by David A. Goss within the us shows they'll have originated within the late 13th century in Italy as stated during a manuscript from 1305 where a monk from Pisa named Rivalto stated "It isn't yet 20 years since there was discovered the art of creating eyeglasses". Spectacles were manufactured in Italy, Germany, and therefore the Netherlands by 1300. Needham stated spectacles were first made shortly after 1286.

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