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An initially transparent support of the image, the pane of glass, becomes partially opaque. The controlled shattering of the glass creates fractures which are subject to the material's physical laws. However, instead of collapsing into itself, the safety glass keeps the shards in place.
In motion-picture cameras, the ground glass is a small, usually removable piece of transparent glass that sits between the rotary disc shutter and the viewfinder. The ground glass usually contains precise markings to show the camera operator the boundaries of the frame or the center reticle, or any other important information. Because the ...
Glass plates with extensive flaking are stored on sink-mats horizontally and placed in a storage box with a label that reads "Caution: Broken glass. Carry Horizontally." [12] Broken glass plate shards are "sandwiched" in between two pieces of buffered board and placed inside the four-flap enclosure. [24] AIC advises that form-fit support should ...
Initially, a transparent plastic base was more expensive to produce than glass. Quality was eventually improved, manufacturing costs came down, and most amateurs gladly abandoned plates for films. After large-format high quality cut films for professional photographers were introduced in the late 1910s, the use of plates for ordinary ...
Theodore Roosevelt on broken glass A picture of Theodore Roosevelt made sometimes between 1890 and 1910. Made on a piece of glass, that has been partially destroyed/eroded by the time. I found this image on LOC, and though it could really be useful as an FP, though it would need to be included in an article first.
Bill Belichick has spent a lot of time talking into a microphone about football this season, but he has his sights set higher for next year. According to The Athletic, Belichick wants to return to ...
Bulletproof glass of a jeweler's window after a burglary attempt. The Mona Lisa behind bulletproof glass at the Louvre Museum. Bulletproof glass, ballistic glass, transparent armor, or bullet-resistant glass is a strong and optically transparent material that is particularly resistant to penetration by projectiles, although, like any other material, it is not completely impenetrable.
The College Football Playoff got underway Friday but the main course is spread out through Saturday. Three first-round games will be played across three separate campus sites from State College ...