A Collection of Spectacles

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“A, spectacles with bows hinged to the shoulders on the rims connected by the nose or bridge. B, spectacles with hook-bows and with bridge and shoulders riveted to the lenses. C, detail showing construction of shoulder. D, side view, showing rim. In all the figures: a, bows; b, shoulders; c, rims; d, bridge.” —Whitney, 1889

Keywords

frame, frames, glasses, bridge, bridges, shoulder, lens, spectacles, Shoulders, Lenses, rim, rims

Galleries

Costume Accessories, Health Care, Miscellaneous Optics

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5809

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