DAZZLING HEADLIGHTS.
PROTECTIVE XiENB INVENTED.
HAMILTON MAN'S CLAIM. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON, thi, day. Daattling headlights,. Which have been the cause of so many motoring accidents at night, need prove a:difficulty no longej, according to Mr. Horace Toombs, A.1.M.E., London, on the staff of the Hamiltot Technical College, who for the past two years has been experimenting to produce a means of protection to motorists against the glare of oncoming lights. As the result of his experiments Mr. Toombs asserts that he Las found a suitable combination of colours to be embodied in a lens which will have the power of excluding the hard, dazzling ultraviolet rays from powerful electric lamps without reducing visibility in any way. He asserts als that the lamp will prevent retinal fatigue, which is responsible for two seconds' temporary blindness caused by the dazzling effect of a powerful light suddenly striking the retina. J
Mr Toombs states that the cost of tae lens with this special combination will be very small-a few shillings at the outside. The glasses will also be effective against powerful sun rays.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1927, Page 8
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181DAZZLING HEADLIGHTS. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1927, Page 8
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