Safety Eyewear
The History of Safety Eyewear
In 1903, French scientist Edouard Benedictus made a clumsy mistake that led to his invention of safety glass. He was climbing a ladder in his laboratory to retrieve reagents from a shelf when he knocked a glass flask to the floor. He heard the glass shatter but then, to his astonishment, discovered that the pieces of the broken flask still hung together, essentially in their original contour. Benedictus inspected the situation and found the flask had recently held a solution of cellulose nitrate, a liquid plastic. Although it had evaporated or been washed out of the flask, it appeared to have deposited a thin coating of plastic on the flask's interior.
Shortly thereafter, when reading a story in the Paris newspaper about a recent rash of automobile accidents in which drivers were seriously injured by shattered glass windshields, Benedictus had the idea to experiment with the liquid plastic by using it to coat glass and thereby create safety glass that could be used in automobile windshields.
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Pyramex Intruder Clear Safety Glasses, Pair $1.05
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Pyramex OTS Black/Clear Safety Glasses $4.85
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Nemesis Black Frame/Smoke Mirror Lens Safety Glasses- Pair $6.25
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Pyramex Ztek Readers Clear Safety Glasses $7.65
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Nemesis Black Frame Blue Mirror Lens Safety Glasses $6.25
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Nemesis Polarized Smoke Lens Gun Metal Frame
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Pyramex Venture II Readers Gray Safety Glasses $9.69
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Nemesis Black Frame Smoke Anti-Fog Safety Glasses $6.95
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Pyramex Ztek Readers Grey Safety Glasses $7.65
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Pyramex Ztek Clear Safety Glasses, Pair $2.50
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Nemesis Black Frame Clear Lens Safety Glasses, 25676 $5.50
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Pyramex Ztek I-O Mirror Safety Glasses $2.91
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Nemesis Black Frame Clear Anti-Fog Safety Glasses, $5.95
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Pyramex Intruder Gray Safety Glasses Anti- Fog, Pair $1.75
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Pyramex Intruder Clear Safety Glasses Anti- Fog, Pair $1.75
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Pyramex Intruder Gray Safety Glasses, Pair $1.07
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Pyramex Ztek Gray Safety Glasses $2.81
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Pyramex Alair Clear Safety Glasses, Pair $1.25
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Nemesis Blue Frame W/Light Blue Lens 19639 $5.50
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Nemesis Black Frame Amber Lens Safety Glasses $6.25
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Proximity Safety Glasses FR Clear AF/H2MAX $6.95
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Proximity Safety Glasses Amber FR Anti-Fog $5.75
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Pyramex Intruder Reader 1.5 Magnification Clear Safety Glasses- Pair $3.25
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Pyramex Intruder Reader 2.0 Magnification Clear Safety Glasses $3.25
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Pyramex Ztek Infinity Blue Safety Glasses $2.81
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Pyramex Intruder Reader 2.5 Magnification Clear Safety Glasses $3.25
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Nemesis Black Frame/Amber Lens Anti-Fog Safety Glasses $6.50
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Clear Safety Glasses $2.50
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Gray Safety Glasses $2.81
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Pyramex Venture II Readers I-O Mirror Safety Glasses $9.69
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Nemesis Black Frame Indoor-Outdoor Mirror Lens $6.25
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Pyramex OTS XL Black/Clear $5.04
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Proximity Safety Glasses FR Gray AF/H2Max $7.15
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Pyramex Ztek Blue Mirror Safety Glasses $3.57
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Pyramex Venture II Reader +2.0 Lens, Clear Safety Glasses $9.54
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Pyramex Alair Gray Safety Glasses, Pair $1.48
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Pyramex Alair Blue Mirror Safety Glasses $1.95
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Pyramex Intruder Safety Glasses- Amber, Pair $1.07
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Nemesis Inferno Frame W/ Smoke Lenses $6.75
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Pyramex Ztek Amber Safety Glasses $2.81
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Amber Safety Glasses $2.81
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Pyramex Venture II Reader Clear 2.5 Safety Glasses $9.54
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Pyramex Alair I-O Mirror Safety Glasses $1.68
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Pyramex Avante Silver Frame/Ice Orange Mirror Lens Safety Glasse $5.95
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Pyramex Venture II Reader +1.5 Clear Safety Glasses $9.54
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Pyramex Intruder Glasses, I-O Mirror, Pair $1.17
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Nemesis Inferno Red W/Clear Anti Fog, 47378 $6.25
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Infinity Blue Safety Glasses $3.06
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Pyramex Ztek Mini I-O Mirror Safety Glasses $2.81
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Pyramex Avante Silver Frame/Ice Blue Lens Safety Glasses $5.95