《Rita Chen_Light EEI》.doc

Light EEI By Rita Chen Background: Glasses are embedded within the framework of the lens lenses worn in front of the eyes to improve vision, eye protection, or for decorative purposes. Glasses can correct a variety of vision problems, including nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia, or strabismus. The earliest written record of magnification dates back to the 1st century AD, when Seneca the Younger, a tutor of Emperor Nero of Rome, wrote: Letters, however small and indistinct, are seen enlarged and more clearly through a globe or glass filled with water.Nero (reigned 54–68 AD) is also said to have watched the gladiatorial games using an emerald as a corrective lens. The use of a convex lens to form a magnified image is discussed in Alhazens Book of Optics (1021). Its translation into Latin from Arabic in the 12th century was instrumental to the invention of eyeglasses in 13th century Italy.Englishman Robert Grossetestes treatise De iride (On the Rainbow), written between 1220 and 1235, mentions using optics to read the smallest letters at incredible distances. A few years later in 1262, Roger Bacon is also known to have written on the magnifying properties of lenses. Sunglasses, in the form of flat panes of smoky quartz, were used in China in the 12th century.Similarly, the Inuit have used snow goggles for eye protection. However, while they did not offer any corrective benefits they did improve visual acuity by narrowing the field of vision in a way related to the pinhole camera effect. This report will show the reason why glasses can corrected visual acuity and find the distance we can see some object clearly related to the distance between glasses and eyes. Aim To prove how well glasses refract light. Demonstrates my understanding of refractive of light. Find the distance we can see some object clearly related to the distance between glasses and eyes. Materials Ruler(30cm long) Pencil(record data) Notebook(record data)