WINDOW PANES.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS. A glass substitute is on the market and is finding uses for itself in a number of different ways. This glass substitute is a stroug loose fabric, imbued with a substanct which is solidifying and gives to il not only a transparency but also s weather resisting quality, says ar American exchange. It is not brittle and it will not crack. Of course, it has not the length of life usually enjoyed by glass, but as it costs only about one-eighth as much it is not very costly to replace it. It can be pul: up on a porch with only’ light frames and centre supports, and it is claimed for this material that it admits the life-giving elements ot the sun’s rays, the ultra-violet ray. This violet ray affords a generous measure of certain vitamins necessary to children, and therefore if children can get it on the porch where they play in winter the results are healthful and not costly. Besides admitting the violet rays ot the sun. it is as excellent a non-con-ductor of cold as glass. In sanitaria it is even claimed that it is easier to maintain a normal temperature with the glass substitute than with glass itself.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 7
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208WINDOW PANES. Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 155, 21 September 1927, Page 7
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