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The article seems to promote the myth that glass flows slowly over time ... https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-glass-is-a-liquid-myth-has-finally-been-destroyed-496190
by etaioinshrdlu 6y ago
The article seems to promote the myth that glass flows slowly over time ... https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-glass-is-a-liquid-myth-has-finally-been-destroyed-496190894#:~:text=By%20studying%20a%20glob%20of,flows%20slowly%20like%20a%20liquid.&text=But%20the%20myth%20that%20glass%20flows%20has%20persisted%20over%20time https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-glass-is-a-liquid-myth-has-final....
- dia80 6y agoI was in a cellar once with some really old wine and the necks of the bottles were drooping down the way. Any idea why that might be?
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoI have seen that. I suspect it's from production. If so, why do people orient the droops downwards, becomes the question.
- adw 6y agoThe other orientation is much less stable; it’s a stationary point but if nudged will rotate away from droop-up. Similar reason old pre-float-glass windows are mostly found thick side down; easier to fit that way because they’re more stable. The myth that they flowed over time is just that. :-)
- NinjaViking 6y agoAnd they're less likely to leak in rain when installed that way.
- paulmooreparks 6y agoI didn't read it that way. It sounds like it discussing the transition from liquid to glass and the way that the molecules slow down during that transition.