X-Ray Glasses

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Novelty item
gptkbp:advertisedBy Comic books
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs X-ray specs
gptkbp:category gptkb:toy_line
Optical illusion
Practical joke device
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:doesNotActuallyUse gptkb:X-rays
gptkbp:feature Illusion of seeing through objects
gptkbp:hasNoMedicalUse true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label X-Ray Glasses
gptkbp:inPopularCulture Frequently referenced in cartoons
Frequently referenced in movies
gptkbp:intendedUse hoax
Gag gift
gptkbp:introducedIn 1940s
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Harold_von_Braunhut
gptkbp:marketedAs gptkb:Harold_von_Braunhut
Children
Teenagers
gptkbp:material Plastic
Cardboard
gptkbp:mechanismOfAction Feather or diffraction grating
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:X-Ray_Specs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8