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Science Museum Group Collection
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Turn pin spectacles, steel wire, eye preservers
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Turn pin spectacles, steel wire, eye preservers, double folding lenses, tinted, French(?), 1790-1850
Double folding lenses give extra protection to the eyes. The lenses on these steel wire spectacles protect the front and sides of the eye. They are tinted blue to protect from the sun.
The spectacle arms are pivoted at the temple and can rotate 360 degrees. They are known as turn pin spectacles. These may have been made in France. A similar pair was used by railway passengers.
Details
- Category:
- Ophthalmology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A682091
- Materials:
- steel (wire) and glass
- Measurements:
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overall (closed): 30 mm x 121 mm x 20 mm, .02 kg
overall (open): 57 mm x 121 mm x 115 mm,
- type:
- spectacles
