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This work provides a comprehensive guide to glass blowing techniques aimed at young learners. It includes a series of experiments that demonstrate the properties of glass, such as its ability to soften when heated and harden upon cooling. Readers are instructed on how to manipulate glass tubing, create various shapes, and perform tasks like cutting and smoothing edges. The text emphasizes safety and proper techniques for using tools like blowpipes and alcohol lamps. Through hands-on activities, it explores fundamental concepts in physics related to heat, pressure, and surface tension, making it an engaging introduction to the science of glass blowing.

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Title: Experimental glass blowing for boys

Author: Carleton John Lynde

Contributor: A. C. Gilbert

Release date: June 16, 2024 [eBook #73841]

Language: English

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

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

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Experimental Glass Blowing
FOR BOYS

BY
CARLETON J. LYNDE, Ph. D.
Professor of Physics
MacDonald College, Quebec Province, Canada
Prepared under the direction of
ALFRED C. GILBERT
Yale University, 1909