1) They wore/made the first snow goggles or eye-wear traditionally used by the Inuit people of the Arctic to prevent snow blindness.The wood goggles are traditionally made of a piece of bone, ivory, or wood pierced with slits and look pretty awesome! They could be considered the first polarized style of sunglasses as they were made to cut down the glare of the snow. 2) Sunglasses made from flat panes of smoky quartz, which offered no corrective powers but did protect the eyes from glare were used in China in the 12th century or possibly earlier. Also, Ancient documents describe the use of such crystal sunglasses by judges in ancient Chinese courts to conceal their facial expressions while questioning witnesses. Now you know why professional poker players play with sunglasses! 3) James Ayscough began experimenting with tinted lenses in spectacles in the mid-18th century. These were not "sunglasses" as such; Ayscough believed blue- or green-tinted glass could correct for specific vision impairments. Protection from the sun's rays was not a concern of his. 4) It wasn't until the 20th century that modern-type sunglasses came to be. In 1929, Sam Foster, founder of the Foster Grant company sold the first pair of Foster Grant sunglasses on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ. By 1930, sunglasses were all the rage. 5) With World War II brewing in 1936, Ray Ban designed anti-glare aviator style sunglasses, using polarized lens technology newly created by Edwin H. Land, founder of the Polaroid Corporation. They also designed a slightly drooping frame perimeter to maximally shield an aviator’s eyes, which repeatedly glanced downward toward a plane's instrument panel. Fliers were issued the glasses at no charge, and the public in 1937 was able to purchase the model that banned the sun's rays as Ray-Ban aviator sunglasses. And that takes us to PLANK Eyewear! Unique and fashionable. Lightweight and comfortable.
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10/21/2016 02:38:14 am
Oh very nice and I have never seen this type of wooden goggles.I had found a very interesting things regarding goggles.
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