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    Ferdinand Monoyer (9 May 1836 – 11 July 1912) was a French ophthalmologist, known for introducing the dioptre in 1872. He invented the Monoyer chart, used...
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    The Monoyer chart was created by Ferdinand Monoyer and is used to test visual acuity. He inserted his name in the chart; reading upwards on both ends,...
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    in 1866. The term dioptre was proposed by French ophthalmologist Ferdinand Monoyer in 1872, based on earlier use of the term dioptrice by Johannes Kepler...
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  • 2017, a Google Doodle was featured honoring the 181st birthday of Ferdinand Monoyer. He was a French ophthalmologist who in 1872 introduced the dioptre...
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    responses. Measurement can be taken by using an eye chart invented by Ferdinand Monoyer, by optical instruments, or by computerized tests like the FrACT....
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  • Collinson, Victorian painter (d. 1881) 1836 – Ferdinand Monoyer, French ophthalmologist, invented the Monoyer chart (d. 1912) 1837 – Adam Opel, German engineer...
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  • Kaposi's sarcoma and the manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus Ferdinand Monoyer proposes the dioptre as a unit for measuring the optical power of...
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    television host Max Meynier [fr], died 23 May 2006 French ophthalmologist Ferdinand Monoyer, died 11 July 1912 Inventor Jean-Claude Pompeïen-Piraud [fr], died...
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  • Commander: Lieutenant-General Baron Félix Chazal Chief of Staff: Colonel Monoyer 1st Army Corps (Ier corps d'armée) Commanded by Lieutenant-General Sapin...
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