THE LUMINOUS BRICK
It was in peacetime that the first house of glass was seen at Olympia but glass houses would be sadly out of fashion now. Yet their day will come again, and in America a hollow gl?ss brick which can be made to supply its own light from withm as already on the market. In the daytime the house or apartment walled with these glass bricks will allow light to come in evenly, supplying enough light from floor to ceiling without windows. The inside of the glass brick is coated with a fluorescent material which glows when an electric current is passed through the brick, and ultra-violet rays fall on the inner surface and make it light up. In short, the brick is transparent by day and a lamp by night.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13326, 1 May 1941, Page 7
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133THE LUMINOUS BRICK Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13326, 1 May 1941, Page 7
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