Improvements in Lens Making

Ever since the 13th century spectacles made from glass lenses have come to replace the reading stones of older eras. Through thorough optical observation these lenses have now reached a level of perfection that has allowed even the smallest of things to be enlarged.\nTo the delight of scholars these new lenses can also be used to create both optical microscopes, allowing them to examine what could never be seen before, and the refracting telescope, allowing study of far-away objects such as the stars. The field of optics is now at the brink of a revolution, bringing great benefits both to science, navigation and warfare.