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Discovery of Eye Lens

Germany · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1604Date range
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Chronological records

1604

Johannes Kepler1604

Science / Medicine

Extends his study of optics to the human eye, and is generally considered by neuroscientists to be the first to recognize that images are projected inverted and reversed by the eyes lens onto the retina

Names involved

Johannes Kepler

Provenance

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