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Christopher Scanlan <nuke@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> writes:

>you were talking about glass flow in windows.  In older buildings
>According to my ceramics professor, this is simply because that is
>how window glass was made when these buildings were built.  The
>plates of glass were thicker near the bottom.  If you actually
>work out the calculations for how long it would take for glass
>to flow to this extent it turns out to be several centuries.

Fascinating!  I wonder if anyone else can support these calculations.

Now, since the subject of this article was "the Nature of Glass",
I would like to see if I can start a bit of controversy on the net!

It is often said that
	" Glass is a liquid "
or that
	" Glass is a supercooled liquid "

I have my own opinions on this, but first I want to see what comes out.

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