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 $1.35
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Pyramex Intruder Safety Glasses- Amber, Pair $1.45
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Pyramex Intruder Gray Safety Glasses, Pair $1.45
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Pyramex Alair Clear Safety Glasses, Pair $1.75
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Pyramex Intruder Glasses, Infinity Blue, Pair $1.80
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Pyramex Intruder Glasses, I-O Mirror, Pair $1.85
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Pyramex Alair Infinity Blue Safety Glasses, Pair $1.95
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Pyramex Alair Gray Safety Glasses, Pair $2.10
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Pyramex Alair I-O Mirror Safety Glasses $2.25
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Pyramex Intruder Clear Safety Glasses Anti- Fog, Pair $2.45
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Pyramex Alair Clear, Anti-Fog Safety Glasses, Pair $2.50
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Clear Safety Glasses $2.52
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Pyramex Ztek Clear Safety Glasses, Pair $2.52
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Pyramex Intruder Gray Safety Glasses Anti- Fog, Pair $2.55
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Pyramex Ztek Mini I-O Mirror Safety Glasses $2.88
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Amber Safety Glasses $2.88
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Gray Safety Glasses $2.88
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Pyramex Ztek Infinity Blue Safety Glasses $2.88
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Pyramex Ztek Amber Safety Glasses $2.88
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Pyramex Ztek Gray Safety Glasses $2.88
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Pyramex Ztek I-O Mirror Safety Glasses $2.91
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Pyramex Alair Blue Mirror Safety Glasses $2.95
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Infinity Blue Safety Glasses $3.06
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Pyramex Ztek Infinity Blue Anti Fog, Pair $3.54
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Pyramex Ztek Mini Blue Mirror Safety Glasses $3.66
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Pyramex Ztek Blue Mirror Safety Glasses $3.66
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Pyramex Intruder Reader 2.5 Magnification Clear Safety Glasses $3.75
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Pyramex Intruder Reader 2.0 Magnification Clear Safety Glasses $3.75
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Pyramex Intruder Reader 1.5 Magnification Clear Safety Glasses- Pair $3.75
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Pyramex Ztek Gold Mirror Safety Glasses $3.83
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Pyramex Zone II Matte Black, Gray $4.35
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Pyramex Zone II Matte Black/Clear $4.59
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Montego Black Frame I/O Lens $4.79
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Pyramex OTS Black/Clear Safety Glasses $4.85
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Pyramex Avante Black Frame/Gray Lens Safety Glasses- Pair $4.95
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Pyramex Avante Black Frame/I-O Mirror Lens Safety Glasses from $4.95
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Pyramex OTS XL Black/Clear $5.04
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Pyramex OTS Black/I-O Mirror Safety Glasses $5.10
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Pyramex OTS Black/Gray Safety Glasses $5.10
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Nemesis Black Frame Clear Lens Safety Glasses, 25676 $5.50
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Pyramex OTS XL Black/Gray $5.56
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Proximity Safety Glasses Amber FR Anti-Fog $5.75
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Pyramex Avante Silver Frame/Ice Blue Lens Safety Glasses $5.95
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Pyramex Avante Silver Frame/Ice Orange Mirror Lens Safety Glasse $5.95
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Edge Zorge G2 Black FR/Amber lens $6.25
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Edge Zorge G2 Black Fr/Smoke Lens $6.25
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Nemesis Black Frame Amber Lens Safety Glasses $6.25
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Nemesis Black Frame/Smoke Mirror Lens Safety Glasses- Pair $6.25
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Nemesis Inferno Red W/Clear Anti Fog, 47378 $6.25
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Nemesis Blue Frame W/Light Blue Lens 19639 $6.25