THE UNITED NATIONS IS CELEBRATING
The 670th anniversary of the earliest depiction of eyeglasses in a painted work of art (frescoes dated 1352 by Tommaso da Modena in Treviso, Italy)
The 200th Anniversary of the invention of the Fresnel Lens used in the seashore lighthouses that have prevented countless disasters
The 100th anniversary of the discovery of ancient Egyptian Glass in King Tutankhamun’s Tomb in 1922
The Centennial Anniversary of the German Society of Technology (DGG)
The 70th anniversary of the Pilkington patent in 1952 that heralded the float glass process and forever changed flat glass manufacture
The 60th anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement
The 45th anniversary of the Nobel Prizes to Anderson and Mott
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