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August 1-15 2005


 

August 1-15 2005

Iron glass
Chumki Sen

t may now be safe for people living in glass houses to pelt stones at others. With the AIS Stronglas able to withstand the bowling power of Rawalpindi Express Sohaib Akhtar, it would certainly seem so. In practical terms, what that means is that where Stronglas is installed, parents needn�t worry about their children making a crashing mess.

Anything is breakable; it really is a matter of the force of the impact. However, 10-12-mm thick AIS Stronglas is unlikely to break with, say, a cricket ball thrown with pretty much any human force - as a TV commercial with Akhtar and Zohra Sehgal effectively illustrates.... more


 

   
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