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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jasper Burns, post: 3058451, member: 88325&quot;]I&#039;ve seen several articles make the case that the ancients did have magnifying glasses, or at least they argued that they might have.&nbsp; Here&#039;s <a href="https://www.ancients.info/modules.php?name=Sections&amp;op=viewarticle&amp;id=20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancients.info/modules.php?name=Sections&amp;op=viewarticle&amp;id=20" rel="nofollow">one example</a>.</p><p>I&#039;ve also seen pictures of polished clear crystal with magnifying properties from ancient deposits, but can&#039;t recall exactly where or when. In any case, I believe that they had some means of magnification.&nbsp; Here is my tet - 0.18 grams and 5 mm, from Kolophon, 530-500 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]766716[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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