Windows for Air Raids
NO LONGER SPLINTERED BY
BLAST
“Blitz’’ blast need no longer send glass splinters flying in all directions miring air raids over Britain this win-
The British Government’s Experimental Building Research Station at Watford has successfully tested three new alternatives to unprotected glass windows. The first is used in place of window glass. It consists of netting embedded in thick cellulose acetate film which lets in light and keeps out rain. There is a heavier variety to take the place of north lights, roof lights or other glass on which there is a heavy strain. It equals quarter-inch plate glass in strength. A third device is a lighter form of cellulose netting fixed to window panes by adhesive. A square of plate glass covered with this netting was put under a spring-loaded hammer which was brought down upon it, travelling oneeighth of an inch beyond the point of impact. The shattered glass remained neatly in position under the netting.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 264, 6 November 1941, Page 3
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162Windows for Air Raids Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 264, 6 November 1941, Page 3
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