You may have lived for field trips as a kid, looking forward to a whole day of out-of-school fun and exploring.

Until the early-mid 1800s, most window glass was made using a process called the crown method.

The glass was blown, flattened, heated and spun, yielding a sheet that was relatively cheap to produce. Thanks for your answers.

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It's a solid with so. That is, until you got started on a tour of some musty building that seemed, well, boring. Favourite answer. Relevance. But for decades, physicists, who view window glass at the molecular level, have pondered the question of whether or not glass is a solid or merely an extremely slow-moving liquid. Daten über Ihr Gerät und Ihre Internetverbindung, darunter Ihre IP-Adresse, Such- und Browsingaktivität bei Ihrer Nutzung der Websites und Apps von Verizon Media. i heard that older windows have thicker panes at the bottom, but they say this is more likely due to the techniques they used to make the glass back in the day than the glass being liquid. Answer Save.

9 years ago. aus oder wählen Sie 'Einstellungen verwalten', um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und eine Auswahl zu treffen. Dazu gehört der Widerspruch gegen die Verarbeitung Ihrer Daten durch Partner für deren berechtigte Interessen. 15 Answers. Découvrez comment nous utilisons vos informations dans notre Politique relative à la vie privée et notre Politique relative aux cookies. Damit Verizon Media und unsere Partner Ihre personenbezogenen Daten verarbeiten können, wählen Sie bitte 'Ich stimme zu.' Lv 4. many 'defects' that the order inherent in a crystal is absent. no i saw a thing on tv once and its not. That is, until you got started on a tour of some musty building that seemed, well, boring. Informations sur votre appareil et sur votre connexion Internet, y compris votre adresse IP, Navigation et recherche lors de l’utilisation des sites Web et applications Verizon Media. Yahoo fait partie de Verizon Media. Rather than the (magical-sounding) slow drip of centuries, the reason old glass windows aren't perfectly even and clear is because of how they were made. Answer Save. Lv 7. That glass is a slow moving liquid is a myth that was debunked many years ago. Glass Is a Slow-moving Liquid.

1 decade ago. Let me quote a leading inorg chem textbook: "The term glass is used in a variety of contexts, but for our purposes it implies an amorphous ceramic with a viscosity so high that it can be considered rigid." Is it true that glass is a really slow moving liquid...? otherwise, how would we have glass tables or sunroofs?

Favorite Answer. Not even the tour guide's explanation of how the glass in the wavy, uneven windowpanes has slowly flowed downward over time could keep your attention. You may have lived for field trips as a kid, looking forward to a whole day of out-of-school fun and exploring.

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In other words, the windows looked that way when they were installed, and they look that way now. the slowest moving liquid.

Solid. It was also rippled and thicker in some places than in others. Für nähere Informationen zur Nutzung Ihrer Daten lesen Sie bitte unsere Datenschutzerklärung und Cookie-Richtlinie. No downhill liquid flow is involved. Yes. Erika. Red Rose.

its a solid and its fused sand.

Wir und unsere Partner nutzen Cookies und ähnliche Technik, um Daten auf Ihrem Gerät zu speichern und/oder darauf zuzugreifen, für folgende Zwecke: um personalisierte Werbung und Inhalte zu zeigen, zur Messung von Anzeigen und Inhalten, um mehr über die Zielgruppe zu erfahren sowie für die Entwicklung von Produkten. It's amorphic, meaning it has an irregular structure. silica glass: 1580 Celsius soda-lime glass: 695 C. borosilicate glass: 820 C aluminosilicate glass: 915 C. leaded glass: 630 C. What I'm trying to say is: glass isn't a liquid.

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