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单词 crown glass
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Definition of crown glass in English:

crown glass

noun
mass noun
  • Glass made without lead or iron, originally in a circular sheet. Formerly used in windows, it is now used as optical glass of low refractive index.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two most common kinds of glass used for making achromats are crown glass and flint glass.
    • The other kind - called crown glass - was made by pouring molten glass out on a turntable and letting centrifigal forces spread it out from a central point.
    • The discovery of achromatic lenses made of flint and crown glass heralded a new era for telescope makers, but the same did not apply to the microscope.
    • Several panes of crown glass may be cut out of each disc.
    • Based of the research, crown glass has a refractive index in the range of 1.5 to 1.6.
    • The material's color approaches the water-white clarity of crown glass.
    • Note that the magnifying power of the crown glass is twice that of the flint in this combination, yielding a net power about half that of the crown element alone.
    • Progress in the production of window glass from the hand craft of blowing crown glass to large sheets of drawn glass in 1915 had a very noticeable effect on the appearance of buildings.
    • It retains many of its original Georgian features including sash windows, crown glass, ornate ceiling cornicing, dado rails and picture rails.
    • The ‘Barlow lens ‘, a modification of this telescope lens, is a negative achromatic combination of flint glass and crown glass.’
 
 

Definition of crown glass in US English:

crown glass

noun
  • Glass made without lead or iron, originally in a circular sheet. Formerly used in windows, it is now used as optical glass of low refractive index.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It retains many of its original Georgian features including sash windows, crown glass, ornate ceiling cornicing, dado rails and picture rails.
    • Several panes of crown glass may be cut out of each disc.
    • The other kind - called crown glass - was made by pouring molten glass out on a turntable and letting centrifigal forces spread it out from a central point.
    • The discovery of achromatic lenses made of flint and crown glass heralded a new era for telescope makers, but the same did not apply to the microscope.
    • Progress in the production of window glass from the hand craft of blowing crown glass to large sheets of drawn glass in 1915 had a very noticeable effect on the appearance of buildings.
    • Based of the research, crown glass has a refractive index in the range of 1.5 to 1.6.
    • Note that the magnifying power of the crown glass is twice that of the flint in this combination, yielding a net power about half that of the crown element alone.
    • The ‘Barlow lens ‘, a modification of this telescope lens, is a negative achromatic combination of flint glass and crown glass.’
    • The material's color approaches the water-white clarity of crown glass.
    • The two most common kinds of glass used for making achromats are crown glass and flint glass.
 
 
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