1. Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27

   …be made by a costly and wasteful plate process that the Pilkington Brothers had also innovated. Because there was glass-to-roller contact, surfaces were marked. The glass then had to be …
   …ground and polished to produce the parallel surfaces of optical perfection to the finished product. == Pilkingtons process == Pilkingtons new process works by floating a piece of glass that has been rolled flat onto a bath of molten …
   …t to the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in 1962, then the the rest of the world. Today, around 260 float plants use the Pilkington method. ::c:: == Sky's the Limit == {{Image url="Shard-tower-in-london.jpg" class="right" title="Shard tower, London d…
   …St.Pauls Cathedral." width="400" }} Because of this process huge towering glass buildings are now possible, lamentably. Pilkington P.L.C. became the largest flat glass company in the world. Alastair Pilkington was honoured with a knighthood in 1970.…

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