Besednice.jpg thumb Moldavite , a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice ... window.jpg thumb Oldest mouth blown window glass in Sweden Kosta Glasbruk , 1742 . In the middle is the pontil mark from the glassblowing glassblower s pipe. Glass is an Amorphous solid amorphous ... transparent . The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in window s and List of glassware drinking vessels , is soda lime glass , composed of about 75 Silicon dioxide silica SiO sub ... glass is used in a restricted sense to refer to this specific use. In science, however, the term glass is usually defined in a much wider sense, including every solid that possesses a non crystalline i.e., amorphous solid amorphous structure and that exhibits a glass transition when heated towards ... Glass Bottles bottles , eyewear disambiguation eyewear polymer glasses acrylic glass , polycarbonate , polyethylene terephthalate are a lighter alternative to traditional silica glasses. Glass ... optical properties make it suitable for applications such as flat glass , container glass , optics and optoelectronics material, laboratory equipment , thermal insulator glass wool , reinforcement materials glass reinforced plastic , glass fiber reinforced concrete , and glass art art glass , studio glass . Silicate glass Silica the chemical compound SiO sub 2 sub is a common fundamental constituent of glass. In nature, vitrification of quartz occurs when lightning strikes sand , forming hollow, branching rootlike structures called fulgurite . History Main History of glass The history of creating glass can be traced back to 3500 BCE in Mesopotamia . ref cite web url http www.glassonline.com infoserv history.html title Glass Online The History of Glass accessdate 2010 09 30 ref The term glass developed in the late Roman Empire . It was in the Roman glass making center at Trier ... on Thames year 1972 isbn 0854291172 ref Glass ingredients Image Piasek kwarcowy.jpg left thumb Sand ... more details
Crown glass is either of two kinds of glass Crown glass window was a type of hand blown window glass. Crown glass optics is a type of optical glass used in lenses. disambig nl Kroonglas ... more details
Glass melting might refer to Glass production Hot end Commercial glass melting using fossil fuel s Commercial electric glass melting Glass Glassmaking in the laboratory Glass melting in the laboratory disambig ... more details
Breaking glass may refer to Breaking Glass song Breaking Glass song , song by David Bowie Breaking Glass , musical film Breaking Glass Press , political publication MythBusters 2005 season Breaking Glass Breaking Glass , MythBusters episode See also lookfrom intitle Broken Glass disambiguation Shattered Glass disambiguation disambig ... more details
Shattered Glass may refer to Shattered Glass film Shattered Glass film Shattered Glass Laura Branigan song Shattered Glass Laura Branigan song Shattered Glass Britney Spears song Shattered Glass Britney Spears song Shattered Glass Transformers Shattered Glass Transformers See also Shattered Mirror disambig ... more details
Heart of Glass is the title of Heart of Glass film Heart of Glass film , a 1976 film directed by Werner Herzog Heart of Glass song Heart of Glass song , a 1979 single by Blondie Heart of Glass CSI NY episode disambig ... more details
Robert Glass may refer to Robert L. Glass , American software engineer Robert Glass sound engineer , American sound engineer and Academy Award winner hndis Glass, Robert ... more details
Stephen Glass may refer to Stephen Glass reporter born 1972 , reporter for The New Republic , fired for fabricating articles, quotations, sources and events Stephen Glass footballer born 1976 , Scottish footballer hndis Glass, Stephen de Stephen Glass ... more details
David Glass may refer to David Glass businessman born 1935 , American executive, previous CEO of Wal Mart David Glass sociologist 1911 1978 , British demographer and professor of sociology David Glass Canadian politician 1829 1906 , Canadian lawyer and political figure David Glass Israeli politician born 1936 , Israeli politician hndis Glass, David DEFAULTSORT Glass, David cs David Glass de David Glass ... more details
The Glass Museum may be Broadfield House Glass Museum , West Midlands, England Imperial Glass Museum , Bellaire, Ohio, USA Murano Glass Museum , Venice, Italy National Heisey Glass Museum , Newark, Ohio, USA Ohio Glass Museum , Lancaster, Ohio, USA See also Museum of Glass disambiguation disambig Category Glass museums and galleries Glass Museum Category Lists of museums ... more details
Broken glass may also refer to Broken Glass album Broken Glass album , by American band Crowbar Broken Glass play Broken Glass play , by Arthur Miller Broken Glass 1996 film , adaptation directed by David Thacker Broken Glass 2006 film , adaptation directed by Richard Givens Broken Glass song Broken Glass song is a single from Buckcherry s third full length album 15 Broken Glass band Broken Glass band , a British rock music rock band See also lookfrom intitle Kristallnacht Night of Broken Glass Walking on Broken Glass Breaking glass disambiguation disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image herringbonerippleglass.jpg thumb right 200px A sample of herringbone ripple glass Ripple glass refers to a sheet of textured glass with marked surface waves. Louis Comfort Tiffany made use of such textured glass to represent, for example, water or leaf veins. The texture is created during the glass sheet forming process. A sheet is formed from molten glass with a roller that spins on itself, while travelling forward. Normally the roller spins at the same speed as its own forward motion, and the resulting sheet has a smooth surface. In the manufacture of rippled glass, the roller spins faster than its own forward motion. The rippled effect is retained as the glass cools. In order to cut ripple glass, the sheet may be scored on the smoother side with a carbide glass cutter, and broken at the score line with breaker grozier pliers . See also Architectural glass Beveled glass Cathedral glass Drapery glass Fracture glass Fracture streamer glass Lead came and copper foil glasswork Ring mottle glass Stained glass Streamer glass DEFAULTSORT Rippled Glass Category Glass types Category Glass art Category Glass architecture Glass material stub ... more details
City of Glass may refer to Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada City of Glass Paul Auster book City of Glass Paul Auster book , a 1985 novel by Paul Auster City of Glass The Graphic Novel , a 1994 graphic novel adaptation by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli City of Glass Douglas Coupland book City of Glass Douglas Coupland book , a 2000 non fiction book by Douglas Coupland City of Glass Mortal Instruments , a 2009 young adult book by Cassandra Clare City of Glass film City of Glass film , a 1998 film directed by Mabel Cheung City of Glass TV series , a 2008 Korean drama directed by Jo Nam Cook City of Glass , a jazz composition by Robert Graettinger City of Glass , an album by the alternative rock band Love Ends Disaster disambig it City of Glass ... more details
potential wiktionary glassGlass is an amorphous material commonly used in windows, tableware, optoelectronics and decorative items. Glass may also refer to Glasses , spectacles, or eyeglasses Glass drinkware Glass band , progressive rock band from the Pacific Northwest Glass EP Glass EP , 2003 EP by The Sea and Cake Glass film Glass film , 1958 short documentary film Glass John Illsley album Glass John Illsley album Glass Index Case album Glass novel Glass , a song by Bat for Lashes from Two Suns Glass , a song by Julian Casablancas from Phrazes for the Young Volcanic glass , an amorphous rocklike substance formed by extremely rapid cooling of a magma People Alice Glass born 1988 , vocalist of Canadian electro band Crystal Castles H. Bentley Glass 1906 2005 , American geneticist Bessie Glass , fictional character of the Glass family Caitlin Glass born 1981 , American voice actress Carter Glass 1858 1946 , American politician Charles Glass , American broadcaster Darren Glass born 1981 , Australian rules footballer David D. Glass , Kansas City Royals owner David Glass Canadian politician 1829 1906 , Canadian lawyer David Glass sociologist 1911 1978 , English sociologist Franklin Potts Glass, Sr. 1858 1934 , American publisher Gene V. Glass Gerald Glass born 1967 , American former basketball player Geri Glass born 1949 , American model The Hon. Harold Glass 1918 1989 , eminent Australian judge and jurist Helen Glass born 1917 , Canadian nurse and educator Henry Glass disambiguation Hugh Glass 1780 1833 , fur trapper and frontiersman Ira Glass born 1959 , host of radio show This American Life second cousin to Philip Jeff Glass athlete born 1962 , Canadian hurdler Jeff Glass ice hockey born 1985 , American Hockey League goaltender Jesse Glass born 1954 , American writer and poet Jimmy Glass born 1973 , English former football goalkeeper Joanna Glass born 1936 , Canadian playwright Julia Glass born 1956 , American writer Kim Glass born 1984 , American volleyball player ... more details
Leaded glass may refer to Lead glass , potassium silicate glass which has been impregnated with a small amount of lead oxide in its fabrication Glass panels made by combining multiple small pieces of glass, which may be stained, textured or beveled, with came s Flint glass , an optical glass that has relatively high refractive index and low Abbe number disambiguation Category Glass compositions ... more details
dablink For information about use of glass in cathedrals see Stained glass and Stained glass British glass, 1811 1918 . File Bride north america.jpg thumb right Bride sitting in front of a window of cathedral glass . Photo, Nils Fretwurst, 2005 Cathedral glass is the name given commercially to monochromatic sheet glass, which is thin by comparison with slab glass , may be coloured and is textured on one side. The name draws from the fact that windows of stained glass were a feature of medieval European cathedrals from the 10th century onwards. The term cathedral glass is sometimes applied erroneously to the windows of cathedrals as an alternative to the term stained glass . Stained glass is the material ... Traditional methods of making coloured glass Very early architectural glass, like that sometimes found in excavations of Roman baths, was cast. The molten glass was poured into a mold of wood or stone to make a sheet of glass. The texture of the mold material would be picked up by the glass. By the time stained glass was being made, the glass blowing pipe was in common use, so hand blown or mouth blown sheets were made by the cylinder glass and or crown glass method. Casting came back as a common technique when rolled glass began to be manufactured in the mid 1830 s and as glass jewels also used for architectural glass became popular. Rolled glass is not as rich and translucent as hand blown glass, but it is much cheaper and is made in a variety of colors and textures, making it a useful ... glass and bull s eyes . Modern methods of making cathedral glass This type of rolled glass is produced by pouring molten glass onto a metal or graphite table and immediately rolling it into a sheet ... or machine. Glass can be double rolled , which means it is passed through two cylinders at once to yield glass of a certain thickness approximately 3 16 . Glass made this way is never fully transparent ... into the molten glass as it passes through the rollers. The glass is then Annealing glass ... more details
unreferenced date September 2009 Beveled glass is usually made by taking thick glass and creating an angled surface cut bevel around the entire periphery. Bevels act as prisms in the sunlight creating an interesting color diffraction which both highlights the glass work and provides a spectrum of colors which would ordinarily be absent in clear float glass. Beveled glass can be obtained as clusters which are arranged to create a specific design. These can vary from simple three or four piece designs, often used in top lights commonly known as transoms of windows and conservatories, to more complex combinations of many pieces, suitable for larger panels such as doors and side screens known in the door industry as sidelites . Beveled glass has also been used with clear and colored textured glass to create designs. Textured glass is typically 1 8 thick and has a distinct visible texture. The combination of beveled glass is juxtaposed to the textured glass creating dramatic visual effects. See also Architectural glass Cathedral glass Drapery glass Fracture glass Fracture streamer glass Lead came and copper foil glasswork Ring mottle glass Rippled glass Stained glass Streamer glass DEFAULTSORT Beveled Glass Category Glass types industry stub glass material stub ... more details
The Glass Mountain or Glass Mountain may refer to In mountains in the United States Glass Mountain Mono County, California Glass Mountain Napa County, California Glass Mountain Siskiyou County, California Glass Mountain Oregon Glass Mountains , a mountain range in Oklahoma, USA see also List of peaks named Glass In settlements in the United States Glass Mountain, California , a former settlement in Modoc County In entertainment Glass Mountain album , an album by rock band Roadstar The Glass Mountain fairy tale , a Polish fairy tale The Glass Mountain shor story , a short story by Donald Barthelme, inspired by the Polish fairy tale. Glass Mountain journal Glass Mountain journal , the undergraduate literary journal of the University of Houston . The Glass Mountain film The Glass Mountain film , 1949 film with a famous theme by Nino Rota The Glass Mountain pulp The Glass Mountain pulp is the 6th pulp magazine story to feature The Avenger The Glass Mountain novel The Glass Mountain novel , a 2002 novel by Jessica Rydill Glass Mountain , a 1991 novel by Cynthia Voigt Works Cynthia Voigt Glass Mountain Glassberg in the original German , a mythical location in one of the original Brothers Grimm fairytales dab geo de Der gl serne Berg ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Soluble glass is a popular name for sodium silicate or potassium silicate . Glass science Category Silicates Category Glass compositions glass material stub ca Vidre soluble fr Verre liquide it Vetro solubile ... more details
Glass Beach may refer to Glass Beach Benicia, California Glass Beach Fort Bragg, California geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
World of Glass may refer to World Of Glass album , an album by the band Tristania World of Glass St Helens , a museum in St Helens, Merseyside, England disambig ... more details
The Glass House may refer to The Glass House film The Glass House film , a 2001 film starring Leelee Sobieski and Diane Lane The Good Mother 2006 film The Good Mother 2006 film , a sequel also known as Glass House The Good Mother The Glass House TV series The Glass House TV series , an Australian TV series The Glass House novel The Glass House novel , by Australian author Sonya Hartnett The Glass House 2004 novel The Glass House 2004 novel , by Scottish author Sophie Cooke Glass House Budapest Hungarian vegh z , a building in Budapest The Glass House , a building by the American architect Philip Johnson The Glasshouse British Army , term for a military prison in the British Army The Glass House Fulham , a studio for stained glass artists in the early 20th Century. Data center The Glass House Data Center , a computer term The Glass House may also be Maison de Verre French for House of Glass , a building by French architect Pierre Chareau McDonald s Will Rogers Turnpike , an Oklahoma restaurant also called the Glass House McDonald s The Glass House band , an American R&B group Glass House British Columbia , a building constructed of bottles in British Columbia Electoral district of Glass House , Queensland, Australia See also Glasshouse disambiguation disambig fr Maison de verre ... more details
There are various types of natural glass found in desert s. Desert glass can be formed from the silica in sand as a result of lightning strikes or meteor impacts. Libyan desert glass in Egypt and Libya Edeowie glass in South Australia Darwin glass in West Coast, Tasmania Fulgurite A more specialised subclass is that formed during a nuclear explosion. Trinitite disambig da rkenglas ... more details
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