Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Taskforces/Glass/Free literature

There is free literature online about the topic glass, which can be used for referencing.

Google books Most of the following glass related books at Google are only partially online, however:

• Cultures of Glass Architecture - Hisham Elkadi
• Introduction to Glass Science and Technology - J. E. Shelby
• Glass And Glassware - Helen Mary Lehmann
• Glass and Glass Manufacture - Percival Marson
• Handbook of Glass in Construction - Joseph S. Amstock
• Roman Glass - Stuart James Fleming
• Glass - Eric Le Bourhis
• Glass Manufacture - Walter Rosenhain
• Glass and Glassmaking - Roger Dodsworth
• Schott Guide to Glass - Heinz G. Pfaender

Patents Almost all patents are freely available online through the website esp@cenet. The search for a specific patent in the area of glass may be performed as follows:

• Go to advanced search
• Enter the keywords preferably in the second line of the form (search for keyword in title or abstract)
• For an optional targeted search, enter in addition the European Classification (ECLA):
  • C03B (glass manufacture, shaping, or supplementary processes), or one of its subclasses
  • C03C (glass compositions, surface treatments, joining), or one of its subclasses
  • Example: A glass coated with at least two coatings of inorganic materials, e.g., an IR-reflective coating, can be found in a subclass of C03C, namely C03C17/34D.