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Article #266Re: Glass flow
From: Murphy Douglas
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 12:24
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1986 12:24
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About this matter of glass flow---yes it does occur. Back in
the good old days when I was a student at Case Western Reserve,
we had our Physics lectures in the old (1896, I think)
Rockefeller Building. In the top floor lecture room, there
were some original windows remaining that had panes ~4 feet
high. These windows had a remarkable characteristic: They
were more than twice as wide a short distance (1/2 inch or so)
from the bottom than they were near the top. Yes, glass is a
liquid, and does flow---but it has one of the highest
coefficients of surface tension known to man, even to the
point of giving it rigidity that will last for years.
---Doug--- {ihnp4 | akgua}!lcuxlm!dmu
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