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  • Lincoln Electric Company

    • Title

  • Lincoln Super-Visibility Lens, Shade No. 10

  • Physical Description

    1 lens : glass ; 5.1 x 11 cm. (2 x 4.25 in.)

  • Notes

    See 2010.28 for related objects from the Trinity nuclear test.

  • Summary

    Welder's lens used to protect the eyes. The glass is dark green with remnants of a yellow sticker on one side along the top, and a small "10" is carved in the upper right corner. The glass is kept in the original paper sleeve.

  • Subject

    Welding, Equipment and supplies

  • Medium

    Tools and equipment

  • Part Of

    Gerhart Friedlander Collection, AR 11827

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

The Trinity nuclear test was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon, conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert in New Mexico at the White Sands Missile Range on July 16, 1945. Observers used the welder's glass to prevent light from the explosion from permanently damaging the eyes.

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Citation

Lincoln Electric Company: Lincoln Super-Visibility Lens, Shade No. 10, Leo Baeck Institute, 2010.27.