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To: RightWhale
Ah, thanks! More trivia for my limited and challenged memory to grasp
for later, LOL! Thanks! I didn't know that.....
5 posted on 07/18/2002 2:24:26 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP
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To: MeeknMing
More trivia for my limited and challenged memory

Also, a welder's goggles used in arc-welding with one of the darker filters can be used to look at the sun and maybe see one of the larger sunspots. Don't try this with the weaker filters found in cutting torch goggles. Or if you try it anyway, the black spots [a different kind of sunspot] in front of your eyes for the rest of the day or the rest of your life will be a sign that you should remember that somebody said to not do that.

6 posted on 07/18/2002 2:36:35 PM PDT by RightWhale
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To: MeeknMing
I've tried that when I worked for a company that made safety equipment.
We used the welders lenses when there was an eclipse. Not since then, tho!
7 posted on 07/18/2002 2:53:22 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP
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