Mankind, the arts and glass --
Glass: structure and properties --
Glass in industry and science --
Corning France --
The glass-making industry --
Raw glass for spectacle lenses --
The physical properties of glasses --
Main glass types used in ophthalmic optics --
Modern manufacturing techniques --
The machining of glass blanks for spectacles --
Fused multifocal lenses --
Anti-reflective and colouration treatments --
Treatments for improving impact resistance --
The future of glass for ophthalmic optics --
Glossary of terms --
Major glass collections open to the general public.