lead glass
glass containing lead oxide.
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How to use lead glass in a sentence
Lead-glass articles tend to be rather more stable than similar articles of soda-glass.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing | Bernard D. BolasThe, work is exposed to this flame until, in the case of lead glass, traces of reduction begin to appear.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallFor large blow-pipe work with lead glass I recommend a system of four simple blow-pipes, in accordance with the sketch annexed.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallBraun was very decently laid out in a lead-lined box, with a lead-glass window over his face.
Space Platform | Murray LeinsterHis sneer was plainly visible through the six-ply, plastic-backed lead glass of his face-plate.
Masters of Space | Edward Elmer Smith
British Dictionary definitions for lead glass
/ (lɛd) /
glass that contains lead oxide as a flux
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