wavy glass: Manassas Stone House - Wavy Glass - 05/28/10 11:42 PM
In Northern Virginia there are many places you can go to see old houses and buildings.  One defining feature common to all is that some windows still contain original glass.
How can you tell?  It is wavy or otherwise disturbed.  Walking through Mount Vernon and Monticello, and other such historical sites, when looking out the windows, it is easy to see which panes are original and which have been replaced over the years.
Glass is made by melting sand (silica) and mixing it with some form of flux, like soda ash, to reduce the melting temperature.  Then through an "annealing" process … (9 comments)

 
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