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Gorilla glass is stronger, but I think it's at its physical limit where this might not be.
1 posted on 03/08/2023 11:02:04 PM PST by Jonty30
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Tiberius had the man executed...

Typical politician!


2 posted on 03/08/2023 11:09:12 PM PST by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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Chain glass


4 posted on 03/08/2023 11:16:18 PM PST by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy


5 posted on 03/08/2023 11:22:59 PM PST by algore
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There is no historical record that suggests Tiberius executed a man out of fear that glass would devalue gold and silver. Tiberius was a Roman emperor who reigned from 14 AD to 37 AD, and while he was known for his distrust of the Roman Senate and his inclination towards tyranny, there is no evidence that he executed someone for this reason.

Furthermore, the idea that glass would devalue gold and silver is not historically accurate either. While glass was a relatively new and expensive material in ancient Rome, it was not seen as a replacement for precious metals such as gold and silver. Instead, glass was used for decorative objects, tableware, and architectural purposes. In fact, glass was often decorated with gold and silver to make it even more valuable.

It is important to rely on credible historical sources and to fact-check information before accepting it as true.


6 posted on 03/08/2023 11:35:22 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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“Inspired, in part, by the inner layer of mollusk shells”

Appropriated from mollusk science and culture. Mollusk lives matter. We are all mollusks now.


8 posted on 03/09/2023 12:07:53 AM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Cab_Man, also available on Bitchute.com or maybe ScrewTube.


9 posted on 03/09/2023 12:23:35 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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I had a 5 ft hand blown glass bong in high school.

Had that thing since 7th grade, gorgeous.
It guided me thru my first experience with “Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti.”
If I could have married an inanimate object I would have married that beautiful glass bong.

After High School, I woke up one morning and decided to give everything up and go into the Air Force.

My nephew at the time was starting his bong phase.
I told him I wished to bestow it upon him. He drove 30 miles to come get it one slightly windy summer day.

When he came over I had it cleaned ...polished...sheened to crystal clear perfection,

That was when a sudden gust of wind came in thru the kitchen window.

It fell.

It shattered.

Had this modern miracle been around that Summer of 85, my baby might still be alive.


10 posted on 03/09/2023 12:25:53 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1 ( )
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I see your still working with “glass”:

https://theconstructor.org/building/building-material/transparent-aluminium/561733/

;-)


15 posted on 03/09/2023 1:12:22 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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The Romans did everything better. Concrete as well.


17 posted on 03/09/2023 1:21:20 AM PST by Revel
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The material, once commercially viable, could be used to improve cell phone screens, among other applications in the future.

Never happen, the cell companies make too much money selling us new ones.

19 posted on 03/09/2023 2:02:55 AM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
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Nick Lowe - "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass"
23 posted on 03/09/2023 2:18:35 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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I’m waiting for slow glass.


24 posted on 03/09/2023 2:18:59 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Trump: "I am Batman!")
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One may theorize that Tiberius might have wanted to learn the secret of the glass and have cornered the market. He could have 3 sources of wealth. But then again, he was, presumably, human.


28 posted on 03/09/2023 3:03:26 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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I could see someone inserting a glass tube up Schumer’s urethra and then...breaking it. Never mind...


33 posted on 03/09/2023 4:17:33 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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What’s new about that? Unbreakable glass has been around for 30 years..........


35 posted on 03/09/2023 6:29:04 AM PST by chopperk ( )
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Let me know when transparent aluminum is invented (a la Star Trek)


36 posted on 03/09/2023 6:34:00 AM PST by MortMan (Don't grow up. IT'S A TRAP!)
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Years ago when I was working at Signetics R&D they were owned by Corning Glass Works and we shared R&D facilities with the R&D glass scientists. We were allowed entry to the whole facility and I often wandered around their areas talking to the engineers & etc...very interesting. That was in 1972, BTW.
44 posted on 03/09/2023 3:17:03 PM PST by blam
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