Difference between revisions of "Window glass"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A transparent, flat, glass sheet used for glazing windows. Window glass has been made by several techniques. These include [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=crown | + | A transparent, flat, glass sheet used for glazing windows. Window glass has been made by several techniques. These include [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=crown%20glass crown glass] (17th century), [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cylinder%20glass cylinder glass] (mass produced in the 1830s), [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=float%20glass float glass] (1959) and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=insulated%20glass insulated glass]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | vitre (Fr.); | + | vitre (Fr.); vidraça (Port.) |
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== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
| − | * | + | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 363 |
* ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996 | * ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996 | ||
| − | * | + | * Thomas C. Jester (ed.), ''Twentieth-Century Building Materials'', McGraw-Hill Companies, Washington DC, 1995 |
* Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window (Accessed Nov. 29, 2005) | * Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window (Accessed Nov. 29, 2005) | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 24 July 2013
Description
A transparent, flat, glass sheet used for glazing windows. Window glass has been made by several techniques. These include crown glass (17th century), cylinder glass (mass produced in the 1830s), float glass (1959) and insulated glass.
Synonyms and Related Terms
vitre (Fr.); vidraça (Port.)
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Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 363
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Thomas C. Jester (ed.), Twentieth-Century Building Materials, McGraw-Hill Companies, Washington DC, 1995
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window (Accessed Nov. 29, 2005)