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Figure 10: Schematic diagram of the float process for making flat glass. A glass ribbon, soft enough to be workable, is fed from a glass-melting furnace and passed between rollers into the float bath. There, it floats on molten tin under a controlled atmosphere of nitrogen and hydrogen (N2/H2) that prevents oxidation of the tin. As the bulk of that glass begins to cool, the surface is heated and polished in order to remove surface blemishes and then allowed to cool also. The ribbon exits the float bath and passes through the annealing lehr, where it is cooled uniformly in order to prevent the formation of nonuniform internal stresses that may warp the glass. The cooled glass is then scored by diamond-tipped cutters, and individual sheets are separated and stacked.

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In industrial glass: Flat glass
The Romans were perhaps the first to develop flat glass for use as windows: a bathhouse window of greenish blue colour, most likely obtained by casting, was discovered in the ruins of Pompeii. In the Middle Ages the crown process for making window…
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In industrial glass: Flat glass
The modern method of producing flat glass for such products as windows and mirrors is the float process, in which molten glass is brought over the lip of a broad spout, allowed to pass between rollers, and floated over a bath of molten…
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use in Roman Empire

In industrial glass: The ancient world
Roman attempts to make flat glass by pouring slabs about 12 millimetres (1/2 inch) thick were unrewarding. Proper transparency could not be achieved by such means without grinding and polishing the cast material; the lack of transparency and the difficulty encountered in making any but small panes by this…
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