Glass is fundamental to witnessing; it changes our experience of the world and of each other. Glass plays a significant role in modern society and is as a carrier of information an indispensable
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Anna
My fascination with glass started, at the age of eight, when I got my first pair of glasses. What a fantastic tool. Suddenly I was able to see clearly, and read!
The unique optical properties of glass induce witnessing and make public space alive and visual. Optical phenomena can make an area vibrant, give people a feeling of how to position themselves and,
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With my work I want to demonstrate how minimal alterations can have a monumental effect and that with the help of glass it is possible to influence what the viewers see. Multifaceted glasses can show
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Curved or angled glass allows the viewer to see sometimes less, sometimes more. By changing the thickness of the glass images can be multiplied and moved. Below is a picture of a person photographed
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When looking at this picture at least three convex lenses are involved. In the human eye (1), in the glass (2), and in the camera (3) that captured the photo. They all have the ability to turn the
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A head takes off into the air. This is really happening. The image has not been manipulated; the photograph is a true record of what in real time is perceptible to the eye (or the camera) through the
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Visitors almost always want to change places with each other. They signal and yell to each other through the glass "Do you see what I see?" What they see, as with most optical phenomena, is
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Versatile and innovative use of glass at home and in public space will in the future provide for many new developments like possibilities for reading email in the bathroom mirror while brushing your
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Handmade window glass is used when something extraordinary is required, for example in restorations and art projects. Architect I.M. Pei did not like to use ordinary green glass for the glass
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Truly unbreakable glass would be a dream come true since all mobile devices depend on glass. In 1962 Corning Incorporated invented a method of making strong ultra thin flat glass. The Corning Museum
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Glass is a useful and versatile material, unbeatable when there is a need to force light to go around the corner. Imagine bringing natural day-light to windowless rooms, for ever. The beauty of it is
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Light passes through glass mostly in one direction. Prismatic glass can direct light in a certain, pre-calculated, direction. Turning the glass makes the light go in another direction, a useful
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How a graphic pattern cut in safety glass can draw forth a smile.
In our day-to-day lives most of us normally don't particularly notice the glass that surrounds us. Ever since the first window was
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When exploring optical phenomena many test pieces need to be fabricated. Some can elevate the eye like a periscope, another lets you see around the corner or both, and a different combination might
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Raindrops refract light. A double rainbow is perceptible when a double refraction occurs in the drops; in the second one the colours appear in reverse order.
Professor Philip Moriarty, University of Nottingham, is shedding light on the difference between opaque and transparent materials.
The nature of glass remains anything but clear
by Kenneth Chang
It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom because glass is a slow-moving liquid that flows downward over centuries.
Well known, but wrong.
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70% Silica (sand) SiO2 , 18% Sodium oxide (soda ash) Na2O, 12% Calcium carbonate (lime) CaO melted at around 1320 degrees Celsius makes a typical glass which can be formed by blowing by mouth or
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Is glass a liquid or a solid? Experts do not agree on this one. Some argue that glass is an under-cooled liquid and not a solid, because solids have a definite melting point. Here an experiment that
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Set-up on 22 February 2011: an empty jar, weighed without lid, filled with distilled water.
After one year I will empty and clean the jar and weigh it again, to find out if some of the solid glass
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Glass plays a significant role in modern society and glass is as carrier of information an indispensable material in human interaction and communication. Much of the information conveyed between
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