crown glass

method, process, technology

Glass with a high proportion of quartz and low dispersion.

Crown glass, together with flint glass, is used in the production of achromatic lenses.

Traveljournal 1814

Business visits in Cheapside and the Strand, 25 August 1814

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: crown glass. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8530, viewed on 7 July 2025.