Goggles
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Goggles
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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How France Protects Her Soldiers' Eyes
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Caption: These goggles do not shield the eyes against bullets, but they do prevent injuries from stray shell splinters
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FOUR-FIFTHS of the
cases in which sol-
diers sustain serious in-
juries of their eyes can be
avoided, according to the
statistics collected by Pro-
fessor Terrien, an eminent
French eve specialist.
Only in one out of every five cases the
injury produced by bullets, shrapnel, or
splinters of bombs or shells is of such
nature that it could not have been pre-
vented by any ordinary safeguard.
To protect the eyes of the soldiers
against avoidable injuries Professor Ter-
rien and Major M. E. Cousin devised
goggles, of which more than 10,000 have
been distributed among the French
troops on the West front and used with
satisfactory result. The goggles, which
are pressed from a single plate of metal
one millimeter in thickness (about 39/1000
of an inch), are shaped to cover both eyes.
The lower rim rests upon the lower arch of
the eye cavity, the upper edge fits against
the brow, and the middle parts are shaped
to conform to the convex curve of the eye-
balls. The brim of the goggles is covered
with rubber to make them fit tight enough
to protect the eyes against tear-producing
gases. Cuts in the form of crosses, some-
what wider at the ends of the arms than
at the point of intersection, enable the
wearer of the goggles to see, while at the
same time his eyes are protected from
shell splinters. For additional
protection the cross-shaped slits
are covered on the inside by
plates of mica.
These eye-shields are not, of
course, intended to withstand
direct bullet hits.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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Professor Terrien (inventor)
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M. E. Cousin (inventor)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-09
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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325
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 93, n. 3, 1918
