flint glass
an optical glass of high dispersion and a relatively high index of refraction, composed of alkalis, lead oxide, and silica, with or without other bases, sometimes used as the diverging lens component of an achromatic lens.
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For general purposes flint glass is vastly superior to the soft soda mentioned above.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallApparatus made of flint glass is less liable to crack and break at places of unequal thickness than if made of soda glass.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallIt should also be mentioned that flint glass has a much more brilliant appearance than soda glass.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallWith soda glass a very small irregularity will cause the joint to break when cold, but flint glass is much more long-suffering.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallThe flint-glass tube is then fused down upon the platinum wire, care being taken to avoid the presence of air bubbles.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard Threlfall
British Dictionary definitions for flint glass
another name for optical flint, flint (def. 4)
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