When was goggles invented

They are used in chemistry laboratories and in woodworking. They are often used in snow sports as well, and in swimming. In the s, store-bought sunglasses came in a variety of shapes, such as round, horizontal or octagon. They were not stylish, like today. In the late s, James Ayscough, an English optician, suggested adding tint primarily blue, green and amber to eyeglasses to treat a variety of vision problems.

As a result, Ayscough is often credited as the official inventor of sunglasses, even though the glasses he invented were not actually meant to protect the eyes from the sun. However, it would be another 29 years before the idea of wearing sunglasses on a regular basis began to take off.

In , Sam Foster launched a plastic manufacturing company in Massachusetts and began producing celluloid, among other products. Soon after, the first plastics injection molding machine was perfected. Malmsten Swedish Goggles are released in the mid-seventies, allegedly a rip-off of the Godfrey Goggles.

Swim training sessions get longer, flip-turns faster. Goggles allow elite swimmers to swim more than metres. You can purchase these wooden googles.

They might make for an unusual or fun English Channel photo. But still…hipsters. Beyond that at some point goggles similar to Google Glass seem likely. All are similar in that they detract from the basic skills such as the challenge of open water navigating and sighting. Any legitimate open water swimmer regardless of swimming distance or skill level should refuse to use products which offer technological diversions to avoid developing the essential skills of open water swimming. Luckily when writing the Marathon Swimmers Federation Rules , we anticipated such products and they are considered assisted-swim device and hence illegal.

Like Like. Dates are wrong. Speedo head forr europe Mr Vincent gave Tony a prototype from Aussie. TONY had the first batch of goggles ready a few months later but the foam rims for eyepiece were not always effective. These were copied but no others can state that they were the originals … only Godfrey Goggles from swimming coach, Tony Godfrey. It would be nice if this was recorded in the swimming hall of fame … How do I get this recorded? About HyperElite.

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