Crown glass (window)
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crown-glass-window-284-4052840
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Crown glass (window)
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Crown glass was an early type of window glass. In this process, glass was blown into a "crown" or hollow globe. This was then transferred from the blowpipe to a punty and then flattened by reheating and spinning out the bowl-shaped piece of glass (bullion) into a flat disk by centrifugal force, up to 5 or 6 feet in diameter. The glass was then cut to the size required. The thinnest glass was in a band at the edge of the disk, with the glass becoming thicker and more opaque toward the center. Kno
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Early type of window glass
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_glass_(window)
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2022-03-09T20:23:31Z
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