James Ayscough began experimenting with tinted lenses in spectacles in the mid-18th century,
around 1752.
His mother Hannah Ayscough reportedly said that he could have fit inside a quart mug.
His mother Hannah Ayscough reportedly said that he could have fitted inside a quart mug.
These were not“sunglasses” as that term is now used; Ayscough believed blue-
or green-tinted glass could correct for specific vision impairments.
Born prematurely, he was a child, his mother Hannah Ayscough reportedly said that he could have fit inside a quart mug.
These were not"sunglasses" as that term is now used; Ayscough believed that blue-
or green-tinted glass could correct for specific vision impairments.
Born prematurely, he was a small child, his mother Hannah Ayscough reportedly said he could have fit inside a quart mug.
Born prematurely, young Isaac was a small child;
his mother Hannah Ayscough reportedly said that he could have fitted inside a quart mug.
Born in the hamlet of Woolsthorpe, Newton was the only son of a local yeoman, also Isaac
Newton, who had died three months before, and of Hannah Ayscough.