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Title: Crockery & glass journal
Year: 1875 (1870s)
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Subjects: Pottery Glass Glassware
Publisher: New York : G. Whittemore & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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e Free Society of Traders, men-tioned their tannery, sawmill and glass works. Pre-sumably these were in Pennsylvania, but where, or whatkind of glass was made, is not now known. The major epochs in glass manufacture may be said tobe: T. The introduction of pressed glass in 1827 at Sand- The introduction of continuous kilns, the making ofoptical glass, the making of telegraph and telephonepoles, hollow ware and bricks, lighthouse reflectoicrown glass, eyeglasses, glass cyc^, photographic lenses,lace glass, wire glass, flint glass, lamps, chimneys, table-ware, glass cloth with warp of silk (made in France),mineral wool, made from the slag glass refuse of ironsmelters; transmuted glass, which is tougher than castiron (made in France) ; verbundglass, the process of aGerman discoverer, which consists of putting togethertwo layers of glass made at different temperatures, andis useful to invetsigating chemists; lime glass and solubleglass, the latter being applicable to fireproofing textures
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William S. Pitcairn, 44 Murray St. wich, Mass. This was Americas constribution to theart. 2. The introduction of plate glass in 1852 at Williams-burg, now a part of Greater New York. 3. The introduction of the tank method of melting in1861. 4. The introduction of natural gas as a fuel in 1884. 5. The introduction of machines for making windowglass in 1905. 6. The introduction of petroleum as a fuel in 1858. 7. The introduction of the Owens bottle making ma-chine in 1903. ■ Tbe minor, but important epochs,, or steps in the. mod-.ern.growth of the art may,be sard to..include the follow-ing processes, discoveries and improvements: in theatres, where in case of fire the heat melts the in-visible minerals into a glaze, which excludes air and pre-vents combustion. The foregoing are some of the glass products, in addi-tion to the earlier mirrors, telescopes, microscopes, operaglasses, filigree glass, window glass, bottles/jugs, imita-tion precious stones, watch and clock crystals, beads,de

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