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Question : Who invented the contact lens?

Option 1: Enrico Fermi

Option 2: Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

Option 3: Sandford Fleming

Option 4: Benoit Fourneyron


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Correct Answer: Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick


Solution : The correct option is Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick.

Gaston Adolf Eugen Fick is regarded as the inventor of the first contact lens. In 1887, he invented a glass contact lens that he used to improve his vision. Fick's lens was enormous, covering the whole front surface of the eye. Fick's discovery was revolutionary, but it wasn't until later improvements in the twentieth century that contact lenses became more practical and comfortable to use.

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