Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing

by Francis C. Frary

INDEX

Annealing glass, [4], [24],
Bellows, [4],
Bending glass, [8],
Blowing glass, [13], [19], [20], [21], [24], [29], [31],
with a rubber tube, [22],
Blowpipe, [4],
Bulb at end of tube, [28],
in middle of tube, [32],
very large, [32],
Bulbs, string of, [33],
Capillary tube, drawing on larger tube, [9], [54],
tubing, working, [43],
Carius method, tubes for, [55],
Closed circuits of tubing, [48],
tubes, for heating under pressure, [55],
Collecting glass for bulb, [29], [31], [32],
Constricting a tube, [10],
Crystallization of glass, see Devitrification.
Cutting glass, [7], [25],
Devitrification, [1], [2],
Drawing out a tube, [9], [18], [19], [27],
Flanging a tube, [11], [14],
tool, [11],
Gas-washing tube, [35],
Glass, annealing, [4], [24],
Glass, bending, [8],
blowing, [13], [19], [20], [21], [24], [29], [31],
collecting for bulb, [29], [31], [32],
cutting, [7],
defects, [2],
grinding, [47],
hard, [1],
knife, [7],
lead, [1],
qualities desired, [1],
rod and tube, joining, [45],
rod, working, [44],
shrinking, [18], [19], [22], [26],
soft, [1],
working temperature, [1], [13], [19], [27],
Grinding stopcock or joint, [47],
Ground joints, [51],
Handle on stopcock, mending, [45],
Hard glass, [1],
Holding tube, [13], [14],
Insertion of tube through another, see Sealing a tube through another tube.
Joints, ground, [51],
Joining rod and tube, [45],
tubing end to end: first method, [16],
second method, [20],
Joining tubes of different diameters, [25],
a new tube to a stopcock, [48],
Kjeldahl trap, [41],
Lead glass, [1],
Lump of glass, removed, [18], [19], [20], [21], [24], [26], [30], [38],
Platinum wires, sealed into glass, [1], [52],
Position for glass-working, [5],
Pressure, tubes for heating under, [55],
Quality of glass, [1],
Rod, glass, working, [44],
Rotation of the tube, [13], [19],
Rounded end of tube, [35], [38],
Rubber tube used for blowing, [22],
Sealing a tube through another tube, [35], [39],
Sealing vacuum tubes, [55],
Shrinking glass, [18], [19], [22], [26], [31],
Side tube, blowing, [22], [25],
Soda glass, [1],
Soft glass, [1],
Spirals, making, [50],
Stopcocks, mending, [45],
Suction pump, [39], [42],
Sulphur dioxide tube, [28],
"Tail" of glass, drawing out, [9], [54],
removed, [30], [35],
Tubes, closed, for heating under pressure, [55],
"Tee" tube, [22],
on capillary tubing, [43],
small side tube on a large tube, [24],
Vacuum tubes, sealing, [55],
Working temperature of glass, [1], [13], [19], [27],