On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Kari Laurent wrote:
> Does anyone have a source for eisenglass? I'm told it's a type of plastic
> used in the "windows" of old cast iron woodstoves.
Eisinglass was another word used for clear mica (a mineral that forms in
sheets) and it was used for windows of stoves. There was a place in New
Hampshire when I was a kid called Ruggles Mine -- also known as
Eisinglass Mountain. I don't know if they are still there today.
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