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now readily available!

FLOAT

-the new glass with true clarity

FLOAT is now in full production. FLOAT. the glass which was a world-wide sensation when it was announced by Pilkingtons in 1959. Devised and developed by Pilkingtons in a £4m, seven-year project FLOAT marked the biggest advance in glass-making of the century. Here is a glass with a lustrous fire finish and perfectly parallel faces for real clarity, and true undistorted vision. Supplies of FLOAT-in " substance and sizes up to 90" x 175"-are available through the usual trade channels. Specify FLOAT for quality glazing.

6,000 sq. ft. of Float Glass were used in the glazing of the new British Embassy building, Washington.

RAW BATCH

FILT

HEAT ZONE POLISHING

COOLING ZONE

Icel

GAS

HEATER

MOLTEN GLASS

LIQUI METAL

CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE

የነ

HEAT

GLASS TANK

OR FURNACE

HEAT HEAT

FLOAT BATH

ANNEALING

LEHR

CUTTING SECTION

HOW FLOAT IS MADE

In the Float process the continuous ribbon of glass passes from the furnace to float on the surface of a molten metal at a controlled temperature. It emerges perfectly flat and distortion-free with a brilliant lustrous finish on both sides.

Supplies of all Pilkington products are available through your usual glass merchant, but in case of difficulty please consult SHEWAN, TOMES (TRADERS) LTD. Union House, Hong Kong. Telephone: 27781

PILKINGTON BROTHERS LIMITED

Manufacturers of all types of structural glass St. Helen's, Lancashire, England

THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER

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