This first edition of BS952 was published in 1941, revised in 1953, and again in 1964 under the authority of the Glass Industry Standards Committee.
The present revision, now under the direction of the Elements and Components (of Diverse Materials) for Buildings Standards Committee, has been published in two separate Parts of which this is Part 2. Part 1 ‘Classification’ was published in 1978.
Part 1 classifies soda-lime-silica glasses for building purposes and gives details of nominal thickness, maximum sizes, approximate weights and tolerances.
These glasses are intended for use in accordance with the recommendations of CP 152 ‘Glazing and fixing of glass for buildings’.
This Part 2 includes illustrated definitions of terms in general use relating to the cutting, working and decorating of glass for building purposes.
It is intended to publish, in due course, a Part 3, which will include a more detailed technical specification for glass in building in line with EEC Directive currently being prepared.
This Part of this British Standard provides descriptions and illustrations of types of work on glass. The main processes, comprising cutting, obscuring and the various decorating processes, are described.
