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To: grey_whiskers

Super cooled liquid. Studied it in college in the 70’s. Old lead glass windows are thicker on the bottom because glass flows, just VERY slowly.


18 posted on 08/03/2008 8:56:30 PM PDT by Soliton (> 100)
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To: Soliton
Please read the prior posts in this thread. :-)

Cheers!

20 posted on 08/03/2008 9:08:33 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Soliton

Or maybe the glaziers, while assembling their windows, took their uneven slabs and oriented them thick-end-down, for strength and/or aesthetics.


33 posted on 08/04/2008 5:13:50 AM PDT by Tenniel2 (No-cameras No-bama: the bastard offspring of Josef Stalin and Jimmy Carter.)
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