6 Little Things That Changed The Course of History - Page 4 of 8

Safety Glass Was Invented By An Accident

If you’re unfortunate enough to get in a car accident while you’re driving, you’ll certainly have one odd working in your favour, your windshield. Windshield is made out of safety glass which is less likely to break and shatter into pieces to pose threat to your eyes. Safety glass was actually discovered in 1903 due to an accident. When a French scientist Édouard Bénédictus dropped a glass flask contained with plastic cellulose and nitrate, and it didn’t shatter. Later several tweaks gave us a perfect glass for our windshields.