of the molten glass material thereby avoiding variations in the physical and optical properties of the final glass once the molten glass material has been stirred it flows through receiving vessel 18 and then to forming body 20 receiving vessel 18 functions as an accumulator by dampening minor flow fluctuations forming body 20 comprises a ceramic body having an open channel 22 in an upper portion of the body and a pair of converging exterior forming surfaces 24 that join at a bottom of the forming body the molten glass material overflows the open channel of the forming body and flows down the converging forming surfaces of the forming body as two separate flows of molten glass material the separate flows of molten glass material join and form a single flow or ribbon 26 of material where the converging forming surfaces come together the ribbon cools as it descends through the glass transition temperature region and forms a solid glass ribbon from which glass sheets 28 are cut along cut line 29 melting furnace 10 is connected to and in fluid communication with finer 14 through melter to finer connecting tube 30 and finer 14 is connected to and in fluid communication with stirring apparatus 16 through finer to stirring apparatus connecting tube 32 stirring apparatus 16 is connected to and in fluid communication with receiving vessel 18 through stirrer to receiving.