Glassy Eyed (Nelson/Marlborough) Traditional Cache
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Glassy Eyed (Nelson/Marlborough)
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A micro traditional cache near an iconic Nelson establishment.
Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating the molten glass into a bubble, or parison, with the aid of the blowpipe, or blow tube. A person who blows glass is called a glassblower, glassmith, or gaffer.
As a novel glass forming technique created in the middle of the last century BC, glassblowing exploited a working property of glass which was previously unknown to the glassworkers: inflation. Inflation refers to the expansion of a molten blob of glass by introducing a small amount of air to it. This property is based on the liquid structure of glass where the atoms are held together by strong chemical bonds in a disordered and random network, therefore molten glass is viscous enough to be blown and gradually hardens as it loses heat. In order to increase the stiffness of the molten glass, which in turn facilitates the process of blowing, there is a subtle change in the composition of glass.
During blowing, thinner layers of glass cool faster than thicker ones and become more viscous than the thicker layers. This allows production of blown glass with uniform thickness, instead of facilitating blow-through of the thinned layers.
Cache is a micro container with log only, so please bring your own writing implement.
Should be a relatively easy park and grab cache. However, this is quite a busy road so take extra care. Probably not suitable for junior cachers.
If you are of less than average height you may need something to extend your reach.
Please be aware that with all the traffic you are likely to be observed so be as stealthy as practical.
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