It is the same.

Actually, "eisenglass" is different from "isenglas" or "isenglass", the
latter being a plastic of a more modern age and the former actually
being "mica" in larger sheets. I found a website where one could still
purchase "eisenglass" in sizes up to 8" x 14" sheets. The eisenglass
used to be used as side windows in early cars, windows on lanterns
because of the ability to stand high temperatures, windows into stoves
and boilers.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

BA wrote:
> I could be un-remembering, but ...
>
> ... isn't the original "isinglass" a thin enough sheet of mica to be
> used as a window?  (Mica used to be used as ovens on windows or
> furnaces or other such hot places.)
>
>
> B&S
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
> SoCal
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>
>
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:13:05 -0500, you wrote:
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isinglass
>>
>> I was going to tell you it was made from the clear tubes found inside
>> squid and sturgeon, but I wanted to check it out first, and I was right!
>>
>> In some parts, people refer to plexiglas as Isinglass. No telling
>> what Henry Ford was talking about. the only clear plastic I know of
>>
> >from Model T days was celluloid and rayon (same thing, I think).
>
>> Bakelite was the other alternative, and of course no good for lamp
>> covers.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Jul 30, 2006, at 6:47 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
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>>
>>> Can anyone tell me just what isenglas is, and where it has been
>>> used in
>>> the auto world. I seem to remember something about Henry Ford, the
>>> Model
>>> T, and isenglas windows or headlights or lamp covers or something. It
>>> has been a long time. But it let light through. The few references
>>> I hav
>>> found so far call it "plastic". I don't think that is right.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I would appreciate any feedback.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> John Rodgers
>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>
>>>
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