*is handed 2 glasses of beer"
Lykourgos posted:I swear to god I've read ancient texts discussing the use of glass to assist with reading, don't make me find the text i swear to god i'll do it you don't know what you're in for, islam's achievement is piggy backing on the great virtuous men of old
i donno about that but there wasnt have a proper optical theory until ibn al haytham iirc
Lykourgos posted:I swear to god I've read ancient texts discussing the use of glass to assist with reading, don't make me find the text i swear to god i'll do it you don't know what you're in for, islam's achievement is piggy backing on the great virtuous men of old
those were probably magnifying glasses
thirdplace posted:Lykourgos posted:I swear to god I've read ancient texts discussing the use of glass to assist with reading, don't make me find the text i swear to god i'll do it you don't know what you're in for, islam's achievement is piggy backing on the great virtuous men of old
those were probably magnifying glasses
same thing, classical geniuses invented looking through glass at things they wanted to see, everything that follows from that is just opying
tpaine posted:Keven posted:I invewnted being really gruff and non p.c. on the internet and hell, just telling it like it is. & basically a bunch of people copied me. _Sighs._ _Shakes head._ But I mean for a hard riding hard living opinion having deliverer of truth to the masses, I guess you've got to expect others to walk the trail you blaze.
Thank you Kiven.
thirdplace posted:those were probably magnifying glasses
variations on a theme
EmanuelaOrlandi posted:vision correcting glasses and magnifying glasses are not really the same thing
oh thanks evilweasel.
Keven posted:The idea that it would even be physically possible for a eurowhite to invent a thing without stealing it from the orient is downright laughable.
mechanical clocks?
babyfinland posted:Keven posted:The idea that it would even be physically possible for a eurowhite to invent a thing without stealing it from the orient is downright laughable.
mechanical clocks?
ackbar al-clock
bonclay posted:Not like drinking glasses, although they had that too. Im talkin' 'bout the glasses pinceing my nez right now! 8-)
people still wear these? i've never ever seen one IRL
girdles_gone_wild posted:EmanuelaOrlandi posted:vision correcting glasses and magnifying glasses are not really the same thing
oh thanks evilweasel.
Arrgh I hate that guy!!!!!