Chain Armor to Protect the Eyes from Flying Splinters

Titolo: Chain Armor to Protect the Eyes from Flying Splinters
Oggetto: en Technology; en Personal protection (helmets)
Article Title and/or Image Caption: Chain Armor to Protect the Eyes from Flying Splinters
extracted text: AN ingenious improvement has recently been made to the already familiar steel shrapnel helmet in use “over there.” It is designed to protect the eyes and the upper part of the face from splinters of wood, stone, sand and metal, thrown up by exploding shells. The new device is merely an adaptation of the chain doors which have been introduced into metal, chemical and glass works in recent years to protect the workers from the heat of the furnaces and the splashes of molten material. It consists of a fringe of separate short lengths of fairly heavy chain, which effectively arrest the flying particles. On account of its looseness, it does not seriously interfere with the vision. Many cases of blindness among soldiers abroad are due to flying splinters.
Lingua: eng
Copertura temporale: World War I
Data di rilascio: 1918-05
pagine: 647
Diritti: Public Domain (Google digitized)
Sorgente: Google Books
Archived by: Filippo Valle; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)