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OPTICAL GLASS [2 records]

Record 1 2016-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Glass
  • Photography
OBS

Specially compounded glass used in lenses, filters, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Verres d'optique
  • Photographie
OBS

Verre spécial utilisé dans la construction des objectifs, filtres, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vidrios ópticos
  • Fotografía
DEF

Vidrio de muy elevada calidad y pureza producido especialmente para la manufactura de lentes y elementos ópticos.

OBS

Debe tener características de dispersión y refracción exactamente definidas y, por tanto, debe ser química y físicamente lo más uniforme posible sin burbujas ni deformidades de ninguna clase. También ha de transmitir la mayor cantidad posible de luz y no absorber selectivamente las diferentes longitudes de onda. [Con] buena resistencia a la acción del vapor de agua, los gases atmosféricos, etc.

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Record 2 1986-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Glass
  • Ornamental Glassware
DEF

Glass that has been mould-blown and then additionally blown to increase the size of the object or to soften or modify the lines of the pattern by blowing into a plain mould.

OBS

The raised designs, having cooled below a glowing red heat, upon reheating, stuck an opalescent white.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de verre
  • Verrerie d'art

Spanish

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