Who invented sunglasses?

Answer 1

the guy from the 80's that wore his sunglasses at night ....cory heart i think

Answer 2

really

Reducing the glare of sunlight award would go to the inuit. Produced from animal bone, slits were created which reduces both glare from whitened out snow conditions from the arctic and stored the raging snow out.

what about them apples?

Best of luck!

Answer 3

It depends on what you really mean by 'sunglasses'. People have been looking through coloured glass ever since they could find it in the desert. But optics that actually protect your eyes from bright light probably date back only to Edwin Land who first made polarized sunglasses.

Pretty much all modern sunglasses are all polarized (unless they're extremely cheap!). This means that what you're really looking through is a series of opaque lines that are so narrow and closely spaced that you can't see them. Polarization blocks most of the light from getting through, but lets the remainder through completely unaltered. You can prove this to yourself, if you like, by taking two sunglass lenses and placing them over each other so you look through both. When the lines in each lens are lined up, it will be little different from one lens, but as you rotate one lens it quickly gets darker, then opaque.

Hope that helps! Have fun with your sunglasses!

Answer 4

It is said that the Roman emperor Nero liked to watch gladiator fights through polished gems, likely emeralds. Sunglasses were first used in China in the 12th century or possibly earlier. The "lenses" of these glasses were flat panes of smoky quartz, which offered no corrective powers but did protect the eyes from glare. Contemporary documents describe the use of such glasses by judges in Chinese courts to conceal their facial expressions while questioning witnesses. Compare the representation of "blind Justice" in Western art.

James Ayscough began experimenting with tinted lenses in spectacles in the mid-18th century. These were not "sunglasses" as such; Ayscough believed blue- or green-tinted glass could correct for specific vision impairments. Protection from the sun's rays was not a concern of his.

In the early 1900's, the use of sunglasses started to become more widespread, especially among the pioneering stars of silent movies. But early movie stars did not wear sunglasses as much to avoid being recognized than to protect their eyes from the harshly bright lighting of some early film studios, often taking their sunglasses off only when stepping in front of the camera to shoot a scene. The lighting of early movie studios was almost as bright as that of the sun.

Inexpensive mass-produced sunglasses were introduced to America by Sam Foster in 1929. Foster found a ready market on the beaches of Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he began selling sunglasses under the name Foster Grant from a Woolworth on the Boardwalk.

Sunglasses would not become polarized, however, until 1936, when Edwin H. Land began experimenting with making lenses with his patented Polaroid filter.

In 2004, Oakley developed Thump, sunglasses with built-in digital audio player. This design has been copied by a number of smaller companies.

Answer 5

Aviators were used by pilots around WW2 as they're sun glasses. they were just regular glass but someone decided that they could be sunglasses. That shape fit to the shape of the hat the pilots wore.

Answer 6

The ones we know today were made by Sam Foster in 1929. Anytime you have questions like this, go to www.wikipedia.org You are welcome.

Answer 7

a sunglasses inventor

Answer 8

his name was ted. it was an accident actually, he was spraypainting his grey hair black and got it on his bifocals, and realized he could stare at the sun without going blind.

Answer 9

My uncle Robert did. He is really cool.

Answer 10

your mom