اخترع الكيميائي Édouard Bénédictus زجاج الأمان الرقائقي بعد حادث معمل في عام 1903. تم إسقاط قارورة زجاجية مغلفة بنترات السليلوز البلاستيكية ، تحطمت ولكن لم تنكسر إلى قطع. في عام 1909 قدم براءة اختراع ، بعد سماعه عن حادث سيارة تسبب في إصابة بقايا الزجاج.

And the salesman said “hit it with a hammer to see if I’m lying”

I was told the glass jars of acid were laminated when I worked in a lab. I didn’t pay any attention. Then a lab worker really wanted to show me. A week or so later we finished off a bottle of acid and he made this big production of showing everyone. And he dropped the bottle into a large carboard box. It did what it was supposed to do and shattered inside its own laminated coating. Not as impressive as he made it out. But nice to see that they’re thinking of me.

I’m an engineer that works with laminated glass. This story is part of a lot of presentations I give to customers explaining the history of the product. Surprised to see it today on my front page!

Any glass questions… AMA!

I love the number of scientific breakthroughs come from accidents. There are no mistakes only happy accidents.

It seems chemistry is based on accidents.