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Figure 13: The making of broad glass, from an engraving of a German glassworks, 1865.
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history of glassmaking

  • Figure 2: The irregular arrangement of ions in a sodium silicate glass.
    In industrial glass: Flat glass

    …church windows were made from broad glass. In this process, which continued to be practiced with variations into the 20th century, a large cylinder, as much as 50 centimetres in diameter and 175 centimetres long, was made by repeated gathering, blowing, and swinging. The cylinder was slit when cold and…

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