Experimental Glass Blowing For Boys

About this eBook

Author

Lynde, Carleton John, 1872-1971

Title

Experimental glass blowing for boys

Original Publication

New Haven: The A. C. Gilbert Company, 1920.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TP: Technology: Chemical technology

Subject

Glass blowing and working -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73841

Release Date

June 16, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Experimental Glass Blowing FOR BOYS
2. 2.EXPERIMENTAL GLASS BLOWING — Experiment 1. Fun bending glass. — THE LAMP — Experiment 2. To cut glass tubing. — Experiment 3. To make the edges smooth. — Experiment 4. Practice with the blowpipe. — Experiment 5. To close the end of a small tube. — The “why” of it — Experiment 6. Fun blowing glass bubbles. — BUBBLE COLORS — Experiment 7. To make water balloons. — Experiment 8. Magic. — Experiment 9. Balloon races. — The “why” of it — Experiment 10. Fun with thin tubes. — Experiment 11. Magic. — WHAT IS GLASS? — HOW ARE THINGS MADE OF GLASS? — WINDOW GLASS — GLASS TUBES — MOLDED GLASS — PRESSED GLASS — PLATE GLASS — OPTICAL GLASS — QUARTZ GLASS — Experiment 12. To make an acrobatic pollywog. — Experiment 13. Magic. — Experiment 14. A dancing pollywog. — Experiment 15. To make glass spider-web. — Experiment 16. The ancient spider trick. — Experiment 17. To make working handles. — Experiment 18. To close a large tube. — Experiment 19. To make a submarine. — Experiment 20. Magic. — Experiment 21. Fun with the submarine. — Experiment 22. A submarine battle. — Experiment 23. To flare the end of a tube. — Experiment 24. To make an air gun. — Experiment 25. A shooting match. — Experiment 26. Height and distance contest. — Experiment 27. To make a pea shooter. — Experiment 28. A pea-shooting match. — Experiment 29. To make a good bend. — Experiment 30. To make a drinking tube. — Experiment 31. To make a siphon. — Experiment 32. Magic. — Experiment 33. A long-armed siphon. — Experiment 34. To make a nozzle. — Experiment 35. To make a fountain. — Experiment 36. Magic. — Experiment 37. More magic. — Experiment 38. Still more magic. — Experiment 39. To start a siphon. — Experiment 40. To siphon sand or mud. — Experiment 41. To make a squirt bottle. — Experiment 42. To make a trick squirt bottle. — Experiment 43. Fun with a trick squirt bottle. — Experiment 44. To make an engineer’s level. — Experiment 45. To use the engineer’s level. — Experiment 46. To make a spirit level. — Experiment 47. To make a fountain-pen filler. — Experiment 48. To make a syringe. — Experiment 49. To make another syringe. — Experiment 50. To make a third syringe. — Experiment 51. To make a diablo whistle. — Experiment 52. Fun with the diablo whistle. — Experiment 53. To join two tubes end to end. — Experiment 54. To join tubes of different sizes. — Experiment 55. To make a large hole. — Experiment 56. To make a tee. — Experiment 57. A three-armed siphon. — Experiment 58. To make a repeating air gun. — Experiment 59. To make a four-way junction. — Experiment 60. A four-arm siphon. — Experiment 61. To make a Y. — Experiment 62. Balancing columns. — Experiment 63. Unequal columns. — Experiment 64. To fuse wire into glass. — Experiment 65. To cut window glass. — Experiment 66. To bore a hole in glass. — Experiment 67. To cut a bottle in two. — Experiment 68. To grind glass. — Experiment 69. To cement glass. — MAGICAL EXPERIMENTS — MAGIC WITH FLAMES — Experiment 70. Magic lighting. — The “why” of it — Experiment 71. Air used by flames. — The “why” of it — Experiment 72. Water produced by fire. — The “why” of it — MAGIC WITH AIR — Experiment 73. Atmospheric pressure. — The “why” of it — Experiment 74. Great pressure of air. — Experiment 75. A fountain. — Experiment 76. Magic tumbler. — Experiment 77. Magic lift. — Experiment 78. A magic pendulum. — Experiment 79. A poultry fountain. — Experiment 80. A drinking fountain.

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