INDEX
- Aberration, 104
- Acids, action of, on glass, 18, 19
- Action of glass on , 45
- Alkali, 23
- Alumina, 9-11, 20
- Amethyst, 31
- Analysis of , 37
- Ancient glass, 1
- Annealing glass, 18
- —— pots, 66
- Arsenic, 31
- Artificial eyes, 101
- —— cements, 24
- —— pearls, 31
- Aventurine, 22-102
- Barytes, 8-26
- Basalt, 10
- Bastie’s Process of hardening glass, 18
- Batch, 11-13
- Beads, 31-116
- Black glass, 29
- Blowing glass, 80, 82
- Blow-iron, 80
- Blue glass, 28
- Bohemian glass, 25
- Borates in glass, 7, 8, 9
- Boric acid, 7
- Bottle glass, 26, 27
- Bottle-making, 77, 79
- Bull’s eye, 90
- Buttons, 116
- Cane, 97
- Capacity of pots, 51-52
- —— of tank furnace, 56
- Carbonate of soda, 6
- Cements, 24
- Chain screen, 68
- Chair, Glassmakers’, 81
- Chemical properties of glass, 4-15
- Chemical Formulae, 12
- Chimneys, Lamp, 16
- Clays for pots and furnaces, 36
- Coloured glasses, 28, 29
- Colour of silicates, 11-22
- Complex glass, 26
- Composition of glass, 4-25
- Compound glasses, 25
- Conductivity of glass, 23
- Continental glass, 3, 88, 118
- Covered pots, 21-27
- Cracking-off glass, 15, 17, 85
- Crown glass, 26-89
- Crucible pots, 21, 27, 64
- Cullet, 10, 85
- Cutting glass, 8, 10, 16
- Decay in glass, 2
- Decomposition, 2, 19
- Decorated glass, 108
- Decolorants, 32
- Defects, 9, 23, 34
- De-grading glass, 23
- Density, 16
- Devitrification, 3, 8, 20
- Discovery of glass, 1
- Doll’s eyes, 101
- Education, Technical, 120
- Electric furnaces, 58
- Emerald, 31
- Enamelling glass, 115
- English type of furnace, 43
- Engraving glass, 111
- Etching, 19-112
- Expansion, Thermal, 16
- Eye of furnace, 43
- Eyes, Artificial, 101
- Fancy glass, 116
- Filigree, 99
- Fire-clay, 3, 11-36
- —— analyses, 37
- Fire-clay, blocks, 39, 45
- ——, Burnt, 39, 41, 61
- —— crucibles, 64
- ——, Grinding of, 39
- ——, Melting point of, 64
- ——, Mild, 39, 65
- —— pots, 62
- ——, Properties of, 36-38, 41
- —— rings, 65
- ——, Selection of 38
- —— stoppers, 66
- —— Strong, 39, 64
- ——, Tempering, 39, 61
- ——, Weathering, 39, 61
- Flint glass, 4
- —— stones, 4
- Fluorspar, 8
- Foot maker, 82
- Formulas, 12, 21
- Frisbie’s Feeder, 47
- Furnaces, 21, 41, 51, 57
- Fusibility of glass, 9
- Gadget, 28
- Garnet, 31
- Gas-fired furnaces, 47, 51, 55
- Gathering, 76, 77
- Glass, Afterworkings of, 86
- ——, Alkalies in, 23
- ——, Alumina in, 9, 11, 20
- ——, Ancient, 2
- ——, Annealing, 71
- ——, Cane, 97
- ——, Coloured, 28
- —— cloth, 101
- ——, Cut, 109
- ——, Enamelled, 115
- ——, Founding of, 69, 74
- —— furnaces, 21, 41, 51, 56
- ——, Gauge, 18
- ——, Grinding of, 94
- ——, Hardened, 95
- ——, Homogeneity of, 23
- —— house pots, 62
- ——, Moulds for, 77
- ——, Melting of, 69
- ——, Plasticity of hot, 4-16
- ——, Polishing of, 92-94
- ——, Properties of, 15
- ——, Process of making, 15, 76
- ——, Sand-blasted, 114
- ——, Scum on, 69
- ——, Seeds in, 105
- ——, Silvered, 116
- —— snow, 101
- ——, Stress in, 74
- ——, Strengthened, 95
- ——, Temperature of melting, 20
- ——, Tube, 96
- ——, Types of, 15, 25
- ——, Wired, 95
- —— wool, 101
- ——, Yellow, 28
- Grinding tumblers, 110
- —— plate glass, 92, 94
- Hardened, 18, 23
- Hermansen’s Furnace, 52, 53
- History, 1
- Homogeneity, 23
- Honey pot making, 85
- Hydrofluoric acid, 19
- Introduction of glassmaking in England, 2
- Iridescence, 21-101
- Iron in glass, 32
- Italian Aventurine, 102
- Laboratory glass, 25
- Ladling glass, 45
- Lamp glass chimneys, 16
- Lead glass, 21
- —— poisoning, 14
- Lehr, 71
- Light and glass, 33
- Lime glass, 25, 26
- Machines in glassmaking, 79, 111
- Mechanical boy, 86
- Millefiore, 100
- Moulds, 85
- Opalescent glass, 95-109
- Opal glass, 29, 31
- Optical glass, 5, 9, 33, 104
- Oxidising agents, 7
- Pearl ash, 6
- Pearls, 31, 116
- Phosphates in glass, 8
- Polariscope, 74
- Potash, 6
- —— glass, 24
- Pots, 8-13, 27-58
- ——, Annealing, 66
- —— cracking, 45, 69
- —— clays, 37, 64
- ——, Glazing, 69
- ——, Making, 62
- ——, Open, 21, 27, 64
- ——, Plumbago, 65
- ——, rings, stoppers, 63-65, 66
- —— sherds, 65
- ——, Setting, 67
- ——, Trolley, 46
- Plaining glass, 4, 51, 69
- Plasticity, 11, 16
- Plate glass, 26, 93
- Plumbago, 65
- Pressed glass, 26, 77
- Pucellas, 82
- Quartz glass, 19
- Réaumur’s Porcelain, 17
- Recipes for glass making, 25, 26
- Recuperative furnaces, 52-54
- Reduction in glass, 28, 31
- Regenerative furnaces, 49
- Rocaille flux, 25
- Roman glass, 2
- Ruby glass, 28, 31
- Rupert drops, 18
- Saltpetre, 7
- Sands, 4
- Sand-blast, 114
- Scratching glass, 16
- Screens for pot setting, 68
- Seeds in glass, 4, 13, 105
- Servitor, 83
- Shearing glass, 81, 83
- Sheet glass, 91
- Siemens Furnace, 48
- Siege of furnace, 43, 44
- Silica, 4, 5
- Silicates in glass, 24
- Silvering glass, 116
- Simple glasses, 24
- Soda-lime glass, 21-26
- Soft glass, 5
- Soluble glass, 24
- Spun glass, 15, 100
- Stirring glass, 105
- Strengthened glass, 95
- Stress in glass, 18, 104
- Striae, 9
- Sulphates, 5, 25
- Table glass, 25, 76, 77
- Tank glass, 26, 57
- Technical Education in glass manufacture, 120
- Temperature of furnaces, 20, 105
- Thermal expansion of glass, 16
- Tin oxide in glass, 10
- Tizeur, 43, 46
- Tools, 76
- Topaz, 31
- Trades Unionism, 86
- Tube, 26, 98
- Tumblers, 85, 110
- Turquoise, 31
- Uranium, 28
- Varieties of glass, 25, 102
- Venetian glass, 2
- Violet glass, 28
- Waste glass, 30
- Waterglass, 24
- Wine-glass making, 82
- Window glass, 1
- Wired glass, 95
- Working hours, 120
- Zinc oxide, 9
Printed by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., Bath, England