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The Methods of Glass-Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame, for the Use of Chemical and Physical Students

by W Shenstone

2019-01-07 23:07:30

This book consists of a reprint of the third edition of my Methods of Glass-blowing, together with a new chapter in which I have described the comparatively new art of working vitreous silica. The individual operations of glass-blowing are much le ... Read more
This book consists of a reprint of the third edition of my Methods of Glass-blowing, together with a new chapter in which I have described the comparatively new art of working vitreous silica. The individual operations of glass-blowing are much less difficult than is usually supposed, and considerable success in the performance of most of them may be attained by any one who is endowed with average powers of manipulation and who is moderately persistent. Constructing finished apparatus is often more difficult, as it may involve the performance of several operations under disadvantageous conditions, and may demand a little ingenuity on the part of the operator. But I think the suggestions in Chapter IV. will make this comparatively easy also to those who have mastered the operations described in Chapter III. Less

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File size714.336 KB
Print pages106
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780342690329,
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William Shenstone (18 November 1714 – 11 February 1763) was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.Son of Th...

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