[MR] Re-enactment canceled

[Roy B. Scherer]

At 06:31 PM 4/9/2006 -0700, Sebastien wrote:
>sunglasses were first invented in 1752 by James
>Ayscough an eye glass designer, more than 100 years before the Civil 
>War began.

         And of course, the Inuit (and quite possibly other peoples 
in snow-plagued lands) had, centuries before then, invented 
glare-glasses -- bone eyeshields with slits to let in a moderate 
amount of light.
         Anyone know if desert peoples had anything similar?
-- YIS,
-- Britton

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