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- OBJECT TYPE
- split-lens/tinted/left
- DATE
- 1944–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2009.0334.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Mk.VIII
- LOCATION
- Great Britain
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- goggle lens
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Glass lens tinted blue-grey; housed in blue-grey metal frame.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.5 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 2.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Great Britain
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This type of goggle used c. 1944-1970. This example appears new/ little used.
- Canada
-
Many Canadian pilots, serving in the RCAF or RAF, would have worn this type of goggle as part of their flying kit during the latter part of the Second World War. [Ref. 1] - Function
-
To provide protection of eyes from glare while flying. - Technical
-
A later development of a flying goggle series begun during the First World War. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None evident.
- Missing
- None evident.
- Finish
- Glass lens tinted blue-grey; housed in blue-grey metal frame.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Lens, circa 1944–1970, Artifact no. 2009.0334, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2009.0334.002/
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