Glass and Glass Manufacture

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE

	PREFACE	V

I.	HISTORY	1

II.	THE CHEMISTRY OF GLASS-MAKING AND THE MATERIALS USED	4

III.	THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GLASS	15

IV.	THE COMPOSITION OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GLASS	24

V.	COLOURED GLASS AND ARTIFICIAL GEMS	28

VI.	DECOLORIZERS	32

VII.	THE REFRACTORY MATERIALS USED	36

VIII.	GLASS HOUSE FURNACES	43

IX.	GLASS-MELTING POTS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE	59

X.	LEHRS AND ANNEALING	71

XI.	THE MANIPULATION OF GLASS—GLASSMAKERS’ TOOLS AND MACHINES	76

XII.	CROWN, SHEET, AND PLATE GLASS	89

XIII.	TUBE, CANE, AND CHEMICAL GLASSWARE	96

XIV.	OPTICAL GLASS	104

XV.	DECORATIVE GLASSWARE	108

XVI.	ENGLISH AND FOREIGN METHODS OF GLASS MANUFACTURE COMPARED	118

	APPENDIX	123

	INDEX	125

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