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Date: 2019-06-05

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window


00:02:33 1 Etymology
00:04:41 2 History
00:07:35 3 Types
00:07:45 3.1 Cross
00:08:05 3.2 Eyebrow
00:08:31 3.3 Fixed
00:09:17 3.4 Single-hung sash
00:09:44 3.5 Double-hung sash
00:11:21 3.6 Foldup
00:12:18 3.7 Horizontal sliding sash
00:12:50 3.8 Casement
00:14:01 3.8.1 Awning
00:14:33 3.8.2 Hopper
00:14:51 3.9 Pivot
00:15:54 3.10 Tilt and slide
00:16:18 3.10.1 Tilt and turn
00:17:27 3.11 Transom
00:18:03 3.12 Side light
00:18:21 3.13 Jalousie window
00:18:56 3.14 Clerestory
00:19:14 3.15 Skylight
00:19:33 3.16 Roof
00:20:00 3.17 Roof lantern
00:20:26 3.18 Bay
00:20:47 3.18.1 Oriel
00:21:15 3.19 Thermal
00:21:45 3.20 Picture
00:22:14 3.21 Multi-lite
00:22:58 3.22 Emergency exit/egress
00:23:47 3.23 Stained glass
00:24:27 3.24 French
00:25:27 3.25 Double-paned
00:26:36 3.26 Hexagonal window
00:27:23 4 Terms
00:30:38 4.1 Labeling
00:32:25 5 Construction
00:32:49 5.1 Grids or muntins
00:33:49 5.2 Frame and sash construction
00:35:37 5.3 Glazing and filling
00:37:46 5.4 Other construction details
00:38:33 6 Impact of the sun
00:38:43 6.1 Sun incidence angle
00:39:59 6.2 Solar window
00:40:25 6.3 Passive solar
00:41:20 6.4 Coverings
00:42:10 7 Gallery



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SUMMARY
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A window is an opening (with glass) in a wall, door, roof or vehicle that allows the passage of light, sound, and air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window. Many glazed windows may be opened, to allow ventilation, or closed, to exclude inclement weather. Windows often have a latch or similar mechanism to lock the window shut or to hold it open by various amounts.
Types include the eyebrow window, fixed windows, single-hung and double-hung sash windows, horizontal sliding sash windows, casement windows, awning windows, hopper windows, tilt and slide windows (often door-sized), tilt and turn windows, transom windows, sidelight windows, jalousie or louvered windows, clerestory windows, skylights, roof windows, roof lanterns, bay windows, oriel windows, thermal, or Diocletian, windows, picture windows, emergency exit windows, stained glass windows, French windows, panel windows, and double - and triple paned windows.
The Romans were the first known to use glass for windows, a technology likely first produced in Roman Egypt, in Alexandria ca. 100 AD. Paper windows were economical and widely used in ancient China, Korea and Japan. In England, glass became common in the windows of ordinary homes only in the early 17th century whereas windows made up of panes of flattened animal horn were used as early as the 14th century. In the 19th century American west, greased paper windows came to be used by itinerant groups. Modern-style floor-to-ceiling windows became possible only after the industrial plate glass making processes were fully perfected.