The Art of Glass-Blowing

About this eBook

Author

Danger, T.-P.

Title

The art of glass-blowing : or Plain instructions for making the chemical and philosophical instruments which are formed of glass

Credits

Produced by Wayne Hammond 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

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55266

Release Date

August 4, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING, OR PLAIN INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THE CHEMICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE FORMED OF GLASS; SUCH AS BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS, HYDROMETERS, Hour-Glasses , Funnels , Syphons , TUBE VESSELS FOR CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS, TOYS FOR RECREATIVE PHILOSOPHY, &c. BY A FRENCH ARTIST. ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY BUMPUS AND GRIFFIN, 3, SKINNER-STREET; AND RICHARD GRIFFIN AND CO. GLASGOW: SOLD ALSO BY STILLIES, BROTHERS, EDINBURGH. 1831.
2. 2.THE POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY.
3. 3.JUST PUBLISHED, PRICE HALF-A-CROWN, VOL. I. of the POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY , Neatly printed in 18mo. and bound in Cloth, containing THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING, Or Plain Instructions for Making the CHEMICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE FORMED OF GLASS; Such as BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS, HYDROMETERS, Hour-Glasses , Funnels , Syphons , TUBE-VESSELS FOR CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS, TOYS FOR RECREATIVE PHILOSOPHY, &c. BY A FRENCH ARTIST. ILLUSTRATED BY UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED FIGURES, Elegantly engraved on Copper plates .
4. 4.THE FOLLOWING WORKS, INTENDED TO FORM PART OF THE POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY, Are nearly ready for Publication . THE DOMESTIC CHEMIST; Comprising Instructions for THE DETECTION OF ADULTERATIONS In numerous Articles employed in DOMESTIC ECONOMY & THE ARTS. To which is prefixed , THE ART OF DETECTING POISONS IN FOOD AND ORGANIC MIXTURES. — Contents.
5. 5.THE PERFUMER’S ORACLE.
6. 6.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
7. 7.AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
8. 8.CONTENTS.
9. 9.THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING. I.— Instruments employed in Glass-Blowing. — THE BLOWPIPE. — THE GLASS-BLOWER’S TABLE. — THE EOLIPYLE. — BLOWPIPE WITH CONTINUED CURRENT. — THE LAMP. — THE CANDLESTICK. — COMBUSTIBLES.
10. 10.THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING. II.— Preliminary Notions of the Art. — THE FLAME. — PLACES FIT TO WORK IN. — MEANS OF OBTAINING A GOOD FIRE. — CHOICE AND PRESERVATION OF GLASS. — PREPARATION OF TUBES BEFORE HEATING THEM. — METHOD OF PRESENTING TUBES TO THE FIRE, AND OF WORKING THEM THEREIN.
11. 11.THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING. III.— Fundamental Operations in Glass-Blowing . — 1.— CUTTING. — 2.— BORDERING. — 3.— WIDENING. — 4.— DRAWING OUT. — 5.— CHOKING. — 6.— SEALING. — 7.— BLOWING. — 8.— PIERCING. — 9.— BENDING. — 10.— SOLDERING.
12. 12.THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING. IV.— Construction of Chemical and Philosophical Instruments.
13. 13.THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING. V.— Graduation of Chemical and Philosophical Instruments. — OF THE SUBSTANCES EMPLOYED IN THE PREPARATION OF THESE INSTRUMENTS. — THE END.

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