1902 25 Oct. 1143/1 Lately it has been found that a peculiar ‘glass disease’ has broken out amongst the windows of York Cathedral.
1937 Nov. 218/1 There is..[a] sort of decay, proceeding from within, which is due to too large a proportion of alkali in the composition of the glass itself. This ‘glass disease’ (as it is often called) may, and generally does, show itself within a short time after making, and takes the form at first of an interior network of very fine cracks.