Ok,we Are Founding Fathers Of Optics

[Deepak]

we opticians were founding fathers of optics,refration-a well known agreed fact.Some us us split few centuries back those perfoming sight testing calling themselves optometrist and those specilaising ib filling prescription calling themsselves dipensing optician.
now why we make fuss with optometrisdt for not supporting us to gain our old rights back when we ourselves choose not to?

[Chris Ryser]

History of Opticianry

Evolution of Opticianry - Dates

1270 Workmen or tinkerers manufactured the first eyeglasses.
1320 Italy, Germany, and France created regulations to protect the trade by requiring standards for materials and craftsmanship.
1460 The Medicis of Italy created spectacles for nearsightedness.
1778 Opticians used trial sets in Europe to refract, which enabled the evolution of the bifocal.
1806 An optician named McAllister refracted President Jefferson, and made round bifocals for him.
1824 Fuller developed astigmatic corrective lenses through refraction.
1827 Hawkins, who was an optician and an inventor, devised a trifocal through refraction.
1844 An optician named Chevallier developed prisms to correct strabismus.
1862 Snellen devises the eye chart currently in use today.
1872 At the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, opticians McAllister and Queen taught physicians the art of refraction. Some physicians' reluctance to refract was the stimulus for opticians to further develop their skills.
1882 Eberhardt proposed the terms "optometrist"and "optometry."
1884 An Optician named Fox invented offset guards which allowed for nasal adjustment. This patented finger piece mounting is still used today with the trial frame for refracting.
1899 Borsch generated, through refracting, the Kryptok bifocal.
1900 Foster started the first formal school of refracting in Boston.
1901 Minnesota had the first optometry law in the United States. Under impending grandfather laws and other potential licensed states, opticians began to qualify themselves in refracting techniques.
1904 The Illinois Supreme Court declared that the examination of the eye and fitting of glasses is not intended for the treatment of disease or injury. This decision was of great importance to refracting opticians seeking optemetric licensure.
1907 Opticians, not ready to call themselves optometrists, decided to charge for refraction services. In that same year, the American Association of Opticians passed a resolution not to use the title "doctor" unless they have obtained that degree from a recognized medical college.
1930 The American Optometric Association sought funding for a $6 million ad campaign to make optometry better know to the public. The request was declined until the schools were formed and chartered by law and granted degrees.
1944 Optometrists sought commissions in the United States Army. The Surgeon General's office refused.
1947 Optometrists were commissioned in the United States Army.
1990 New York City Technical Callege faculty teaches the first six-hour course in refraction at national convention.
1991 Paul Will drafts curriculum for a two part refraction course.
1992 All colleges in New York State currently teach Principles in Refraction. Also, Ed August designs 100 hour course in refraction and becomes chairman of OAA Refraction Committee.
1993 OAA confers first national certification if refractometry. A bill giving opticians the right to refract is introduced (but not passed), in the Nevada.

[hcjilson]

Doctor Benjamin Franklin mentioned anywhere. He is credited with the invention of the first bifocal lenses! (not so strange fact!:D )

hj

[chip anderson]

Deepak:

If you are going to take the business back from the optometrists, you better learn how to spell optometrist.

Chip

[Dannyboy]

caramba!