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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Hi,
And did they install ALL of the panes with the thicker bit at the bottom? If the glass was made unevenly and does not flow, then the thicker part will be randomly located in any part of the glass: top, sides, or the bottom. If it flows, then all/most of the thicker parts will be nearer the bottom.
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I disagree. While it may not have been very easy to create a standardized thickness in a pane of glass, it would have been an exceedingly simple task to measure the glass and set it stable-side down. (thicker side)
This is supported by the fact that the glass isn't universally thicker on just one end, as would suggest a flow. All the panes of glass that I've removed from barns and the like during disassembly and materials salvage
were randomly thicker in certain areas. The bottoms most notably, but also in several places along the edges. Does the glass flow outward and down at the same time?
Honestly, we're not even talking about 1/4" here. More like a few thousandths difference between segments of the same pane.
The suggestion that they're saying supports that glass is fluid is simply that glass is able to transfer light cleanly. All other true solids in nature cannot.