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I have read that glass is actually a very viscous liquid, and that the windows of cathedrals built hundreds
of years ago are thicker at the bottom of the pane than at the top, because the glass has flowed downward
through the centuries. When I read that, it fascinated me for two reasons.

The second reason was: How in the world do you measure the thickness of a windowpane that's set in a giant wall,
and which you cannot open or remove ???

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