[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

NYT: “It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom because glass is a slow-moving liquid that flows downward over centuries. Well known, but wrong.”

Hmmm. The NY Times writer (or typist) does not cite it but the article is eerily similar to this:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Glass/glass.html

...which is copyrighted, dated 1996, and starts out: “It is sometimes said that glass in very old churches is thicker at the bottom than at the top because glass is a liquid, and so over several centuries it has flowed towards the bottom. This is not true.”

[bvw]

So you are saying that Baez invented a time machine, traveled to 2008 and plagiarized the New York Times? Whoa nellie!

[neverdem]

LOL!

[grey_whiskers]

Excellent article.

(Sound of grey_whiskers purring)

Cheers!

[ThanhPhero]

Panes of glass in 17th centry New England houses are thicker at the bottom than at the top.