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  • According to eyetopics.com, Leonardo da Vinci is credited with first sketching and describing the idea of contact lenses. However, English astronomer Sir John Herschel came up with the idea of making a mold for the eye in 1827 that could allow lenses to conform to the eye's surface. In 1887, F.A. Muller, a German glassblower, used Herschel's ideas to create the first contact lens.

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    Eyetopics.com: The History of Contact Lenses

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