crown glass

English

Etymology

So called from a crown-like shape given to it in the process of blowing.

Noun

crown glass (usually uncountable, plural crown glasses)

1. An early type of window glass made by blowing glass into a hollow globe (crown) and then flattening it on a punty, reheating and spinning out into a flat disk by centrifugal force.
2. (optics) A variety of glass used in lenses and other optical components due to its low refractive index and dispersion. Originally crown glass was made from alkali-lime silicates with approximately 10% potassium oxide, but similar properties may be attained with other recipes.

   The convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass.

Translations

type of window glass

• Finnish: kruunulasi (fi), pullonpohjalasi
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variety of optical glass

• Finnish: kruunulasi (fi)
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See also

• bullseye

Further reading

• Crown glass (window) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crown glass (optics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia