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]

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