| Show A for glass the new translucent substance intended as a substitute for glass has satisfactorily adopted in some of tho public buildings of london and various advantages aro claimed for it among theae being such a degree of pliancy that it may be bent backward aind forward like leather and be subjected to very considerable tensile strain with impunity i is also almost translucent aa as glass and of a pleasing amber color varying in shade from very light golden to pale brown the basis of the material is a web of iron wire with warp and weft threads about one twelfth inch apart thib boing enclosed like a ny in am oer 10 a snoot or translucent varnish of which the base is linseed oil there is no ivsic or gum in ahe varnish and once having dry it is capable of standing heal and damp without undergoing any change neither hardening nor becoming sticky briefly the manufacture is accomplished by dipping the sheets edgewise into deop tanks of varnish aud then allowing the coating which they thus receive to dry in a warm atmosphere it requires somewhat more than a dozen of the dips to bring the sheets to the required degree of thickness and when this has been accomplished the material is stored for several weeks to thoroughly set |
