--- description: The glare has been removed from glass. The first practical process for treating big and small surfaces to eliminate light reflection was announced this week by its inventor, H. R. Moulton of the... title: Science: Invisible Glass image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # Science: Invisible Glass by [TIME](/author/time/) Sep 6, 1943 4:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Sep 6, 1943 4:00 AM CUT The glare has been removed from glass. The first practical process for treating big and small surfaces to eliminate light reflection was announced this week by its inventor, H. R. Moulton of the American Optical Co. An improvement over a previously developed vacuum process for treating small glass surfaces, Moulton’s invention is a simple coating that makes glass and other materials nonreflecting—and virtually invisible. Restricted to military uses for the duration, it will provide the postwar world with such useful things as: spectacle lenses that will cut out bright-light reflections for their wearer and be almost invisible to others; glareless car windshields; more visible dashboards and instrument panels; store windows, showcases, picture frames, watch crystals and clockfaces so clear that the glass is invisible;-faster camera lenses, producing sharper pictures; clearer movies and television. Science: Invisible Glass ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6605338/science-invisible-glass/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6605338/science-invisible-glass/"},"headline":"Science: Invisible Glass","datePublished":"1943-09-06T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T04:10:07.398Z","description":"The glare has been removed from glass. The first practical process for treating big and small surfaces to eliminate light reflection was announced this week by its inventor, H. R. Moulton of the...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6605338/science-invisible-glass/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6605338/science-invisible-glass/","name":"Science: Invisible Glass"}}]}] ```