Difference between revisions of "Flint Glass"
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<p> A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; - so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass. </p> | Flint Glass <ref name="term_122490" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[A]] soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; - so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_122490"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/flint+glass Flint Glass from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_122490"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/flint+glass Flint Glass from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:33, 13 October 2021
Flint Glass [1]
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; - so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.
