Talk:Float glass

message: So, I seem to recall (and it's briefly mentioned) that there was a prior float glass method, utilizing lead.  Unfortunately, this is the only article on float glass (since the bulk of the information is not in an article on the Pilkington process, with this as a redirect).
I'd like the other methods of float glass put into this article.  And/or this article separated out to discuss the various methods independently.
~ender 2011-07-28 19:13:PM MST
=== Historical development ===
"Float glass became a goal after the American Civil War and was finally developed in separate processes about the time of World War I" - No. It was invented by Sit Alaister Pilkington in the 1950s.
Pilkington's is a continuous process, that does not require the tin to be cooled, and the chamber to be opened. It's the first production line of float glass. Small pieces of high quality glass, such as telescope lenses, had be made by float methods many years beforehand.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.85.10 (talk) 09:56, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead float glass? 

message: "Float glass became a goal after the American Civil War and was finally developed in separate processes about the time of World War I" - No. It was invented by Sit Alaister Pilkington in the 1950s.
Pilkington's is a continuous process, that does not require the tin to be cooled, and the chamber to be opened. It's the first production line of float glass. Small pieces of high quality glass, such as telescope lenses, had be made by float methods many years beforehand.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.244.85.10 (talk) 09:56, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical development 

message: Need we go beyond http://www.google.com/search?q=cooling+lehr in establishing a definition for lehr?  For that matter, I like what pops up at http://www.answers.com/lehr .  But no matter how you slice it, it slows down the reading to have search separately on an unfamiliar term.
--C-U RPCV 22:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cooling lehr 

message: I removed this sentence from the History section: 
This inferior process continued to be used in the US for some time after the UK invented float glass manufacture.
Because
*it seems to just exist to make a jab at the US
*the UK didn't invent a glass manufacture (a (group of) individuals did), which further makes this seem like a pointless attempt to glorify the UK
*it doesn't say anything useful (even if the US started using float glass later, it doesn't quantify that, rather it just says "some time")
If anyone can revert it back into something useful, by all means...99.241.176.150 (talk) 23:48, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  US' inferior process 

message: We need a photo of the process in action. It's hard to imagine. 173.9.52.69 (talk) 18:59, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: I note that the given dimensions would produce panels of about six foot square, which seems large enough for any ordinary window to be made from a single pane, so this doesn't really add up as the reason to divide the window with transoms.  Card Zero  (talk) 03:29, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Resulting in windows divided by transoms into rectangular panels" 

message: Minutes or meters? 173.79.209.155 (talk) 03:50, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm inclined to think metres because Lehr (glassmaking) says  (bold original), implying the oven's length is its defining feature. I hesitate to edit this article to clarify because there is no source cited that supports my supposition. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 04:19, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  “Passes through a Lehrer kiln for approximately 100 m”