Pince-nez (/ˈpɑːnsneɪ/ or /ˈpɪnsneɪ/, plural form same as singular; French pronunciation: [pɛ̃sˈne]) is a style of glasses, popular in the late 19th and...
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"The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle...
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(disambiguation), multiple uses Pince-nez, a style of eyeglasses This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nez. If an internal link led...
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be either held in place by hand or by exerting pressure on the nose (pince-nez). Girolamo Savonarola suggested that eyepieces could be held in place...
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Pince-nez are believed to have appeared in the 1840s, but in the latter part of the century there was a great upsurge in the popularity of the pince-nez...
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with a side-handle Monocular, a small hand held magnifying telescope Pince-nez, glasses that grip the bridge of the nose "Monocles". Spectacles Gallery...
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areas of England and London, including: "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez", set in 1894 in Chatham, Kent, and "The Adventure of Black Peter", in...
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distinctive characteristics include his red-black-yellow clothing, baldness, pince-nez sunglasses, and large mustache. Eggman made a cameo appearance in the...
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require reading glasses. Rimless glasses were first widely offered as pince-nez, with manufacturers arguing that the design was superior to extant eyeglasses...
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cousin, knowledgeable in rare diseases. 38 "The Golden Pince-Nez" "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" 21 March 1994 (1994-03-21) Holmes and Mycroft investigate...
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