Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905, Nolan, Thomas, 1857-1926 · New York : W.T. Comstock · leaf 531
fragments. • Although ap-proaching perfection in the transmission of light, the prism plates arenot transparent in the ordinary sense, and thus may be used as ascreen to hide an unattractive view, or to prevent persons lookingeither in or out of the window, while at the same time the… … iron fire shutter. The copper glazing forms, as it were, a continuousrivet, which holds the individual prism lights together even after theyhave become badly cracked by the action of fire and water. The details of Luxfer Prisms are too complicated to be set forth ina few pages, but they are well…
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