Reinforced glass, produced by rolling two plates of glass with a metallic grating between them, promises to become of great importance as a building material. In a recent French test, a sheet four feet long by 18 inches wide, and less than a quarter of an inch thick, easily supported 1047 pounds, and under heavy weights or exposed to fire, it bends and cracks without breaking. Its strength, resistance to fire, and passage of light, admirably fit it for roofs, shopwindows. partitions, and staireases.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 2 June 1906, Page 8
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84Untitled New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 2 June 1906, Page 8
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