#the sun on the snows of Mt-Blanc damaged Dr. Paccard eyes so it's good Saussure knew to protect himself
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Today I went to Geneva's History of Sciences museum and I need y'all to look at Horace-Bénedicte de Saussure's 18C tinted glasses. He was an Alpine explorer and needed them to protect his eyes from the reverberation of the sun on snow.
#horace-bénédicte de saussure#the sun on the snows of Mt-Blanc damaged Dr. Paccard eyes so it's good Saussure knew to protect himself#or maybe he knew to protect himself because of Paccard's misfortune#of course tinted glasses also make me think of Robespierre#I wish we had glasses that belonged to him#but it's so cool we have Saussure's!!#I gasped when I noticed them!!!
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