crown glass
an optical glass of low dispersion and generally low index of refraction.
an old form of window glass formed by blowing a globe and whirling it into a disk.
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How to use crown glass in a sentence
In making crown-glass, which is used for windows, a slight alteration in the process is observed.
The focal length of double convex lenses of crown glass is about the same as the radius of curvature of either surface.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerThe achromatic lens consists of a double convex lens of crown glass combined with a plano-concave lens of flint glass.
Physics | Willis Eugene TowerEnglish crown-glass; excellent quality, but not so white as the last.
Such a mixture will produce a dull metal, very attractive of moisture: defects to which the French crown-glass also is subject.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for crown glass
another name for optical crown
an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
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