UNSPLINTERABLE
Glass which can be cut with a sharp knife and wiil not break, but merely tears lilce a piece of cloth seems too good to be true; Juit it has made its appearance, from a London (irm in Glasshouse Street •9 and is of particular interest at this time, for the blast from a bomb seems merely to dislodge the glass from the window-frame in one whole piece. ft does not splinter or crack like ordinary glass. Although not completely transparent, it is. perfectly translucent and gives a nice t diffused light, it is made of woven glass fibres impregnated with a synthetic resin.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 51, 23 February 1945, Page 3
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105UNSPLINTERABLE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 51, 23 February 1945, Page 3
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