sheet glass
noun
: glass made in large sheets directly from the furnace or by making a cylinder and then flattening it
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Cast sheet glass, poured into molds, flattened (as in our drawing from 1901) and polished, was well suited for mass production but expensive to make.
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Daniel C. Schlenoff, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2020
Daniel C. Schlenoff, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2020
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“Sheet glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet%20glass. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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