Opal Glass: A Resume of the Work of the BSI Sub-Committee ELG/3/2 on Light-Diffusing Glass

JSGT 1932 V16 T387-T39

An account is given of the various papers embodying theoretical and experimental data which were considered by the Committee as a starting point for forming a specification for light-diffusing glasses. Special researches for the Committee were set on foot at the National Physical Laboratory and the results described in the resume, were confirmed by independent work carried out at the GEC Research Laboratories. Some of the principal items which any specification must contain are set out.

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