Glass Blowing and Working for Amateurs, Experimentalists, and Technicians

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An Unabridged Printing With Text And All Figures Digitally Enlarged. Originally Titled: Glass Blowing And Working For Amateurs, Experimentalists, And Technicians, With Numerous Illustrations. Chapters Include: Glass Work In Miniature - The Blowpipe And Bellows - Minor Tools And Appliances - Glass; Rods And Tubing, Gauging, Storing, Preservation, Cleaning - Various Methods Of Working And Blowing Glass - Examples Of Special Articles For Laboratory And Other Uses - Coloring And Modifying Materials, Etc. - Aging, Disintegration, And Decay Of Glass, Etc. - Fancy And Decorative Articles Made At The Blowpipe - Glass Making At The Blowpipe And On A Laboratory Scale - The Bibliography Of Glass - Index - (At The End Of The Book There Are Some 30 Pages Containing 60 Recipes For Flint Glass Making, A Second Edition, With An Index).