An Essay on Visual Glasses, (vulgarly Called Spectacles) Wherein it is Shewn, That the Common Structure of Those Glasses is Contrary to the Rules of art, to the Nature of Things, and Very Prejudicial

Huraian

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.