e
1.
A
1
i
tlh'l\!
r\:nl lins
.1I1V
rUJl~'1
lIui¡il.s.
ti",,,
.lIt' " II
o!!,
with
( '1t~
Iht' Irs L;
lor\dl ',h~
gl.lr~is Clli''¡,
il
rcrn" llI~
In a
[,ll't,
11 ... !Ole.:
1l.ltl'.
It
is
thc.:rd .lf\!
t,I~l'n
(r4111l
Iht.:
l,o';",I,
~Hhl ..: ¡rr¡\'d
l.)
an
l'"nh\ 1l
h~ nrh , t.:,,~crl'd
\Vidl
hr.Ir.J~,
wll'ch
:11
e
(\"lIs C'Xtinl:udh. .:d,
k\{ p, ng
It
lurn·
ing;
b~Ci;lIr:.:
..
h.lt1110(:on I'rcvenls
~nj
I..
lthn~,
and
prderl'e, on '\'t nnef, in the !'"e of the gl. I, . II'here,
élS il
eools,
il
(mm:s ro in; co,¡fitt\
oc)';
bl';n~
tirU c1cdf·
ed
(1'001
the iron ,od uy
a
O'ght ib"kc by the
h.nJof
lhe
\\'0 1
kmlo .
If tbe vdlel
e~neeived
in the \
Volknl.tn's r!ind, anJ
I':hol" bo,l)' i,
~Ire~dy
made, reql1i, ., a foo t, or a h"n·
cle, or Jny o,her ",emuer or d<e"rallon, he m,kes ,h, ",
1,
porate ; . nd now alr.,ys
lO
join them\Vith the hel p of
I"'t metal, whieh he [.,k« out of the pO's wit h lú iron
,.)d:
hUl
th~
glJls
is not
brc1uS!ht
10
Irs
o ne
h.lrdncfS,
di
it has p.lrld the I« r, or anneJling
O\'ell ,
deferiueJ
1
dure .
/I',,~iM,
or
¡'¡o:uil/g , o[ windl/ov or
1,'/'/'
G
L
~ ~ s .
T ile
rl~thc,,1
of workiog roun" gl.lfs, or vdlcls (¡i any fon ,
is in C\'ery pUlie"!.tr
~pplie.l,k
tO the workiog úf \Vio·
dow or t,hle'gl.lfs, till the
blo'l'in~
iroo
h.lsbeen dlpt
the f"unh t:me. Hut theo, inne,,1of iounolng it, the
workm,n hlo'.V"
~lId
fo m.n·ages the metal UpOIl the
iroo
rI H~,
tilA!
it exteools t\Vo IIr tlllee f<et in the form
of a e)'linder. T his eylindcr
i~
put .goi n tOthe !ire,
and blo\Vo a fceond time, and js thtls repe,.!ed till it is
extenJed tO the dimenfioos r. quire", the 'IiJe to \Vhieh
the pipe is fi xed'diminin,ing gradually tiJl it end, in a
pyramlJieal fortn ; fo lh.t,.to b, ing both ends nearl y to
the f. me
di.me:er, \Vhile the
1~l.t!s
is thu' Oexible, he
. dds>. lu tl,· ht·, Olml to the end oppofite the pipe, and
erall's it out ",jth • p.i r of iroo pinehers, aod imme–
diatdy e!!ts off the f:tme end \Vilh the help of a I,ttle
c!):d w"tcr,
d'l
hefore.
T ile
e~'linder
being noVl
op~n ~t
one enel, is earried
baek
10
the bocea, ",,1 thete, Gy the hell' of eolJ \Va·
t>;r, it is cut about ciglrt or ten inehes f,<lm lhe iron
pipe or roc; aod lhe wh,lt I('"g' h at another place, by
",hieh alfo it is CUt off from the i,on rod. T iten it
IS
hm~d
gradually on ao eanhen
tJ~le,
by \Vhieh it opeos
in Icng'h, whilc the
wOlk m~n ,
V.·it:l
an iron
rOhl,
al–
teromly 10V/ers ano raifes the til'O h. l<,es cfthe eyllo·
der. II'hieh .. I,If \ViII 0pen I,k,<a OleC t of paper, .oa
f.dl,nto the f, me
A.ttf,>rOl in \Vhieh it felres for ufe;
in wh eh It is pr-bved
by
hearing it over ag.; n, con¡·
in;: it 00 • t.thle of eopper, and hwlen:og it t\Veoly·
four hOl'" in the anne,hng fu rnace, tO\V!tieh il ise,tr·
ried "pon f"r!ts. 111 this furn,ee . n hun :red tables of
gla(s mal' lie ¡u a
t
m~,
withoul .inj Jf)'
In
t'?cil
olher,
by
ftparat:r.gtI,cm intO ten" with
a ll
!fon n,il'cr
h~·
twcen,
wtuch
~;Ol¡ ni{ht's
die
wcight
by
di yidlll~
11,
,:nJ
' eer' Ihe "b!es
ft
t:
~oo
cI'en.
T hi, \Vas the metll?d fu rmprly nwk
"f" ,,(
r",
uluw.
ing
pl..lÍe·f:l ..
f~ , IO(Jkin~ ~,I,dris,
ét. ;
hu;
{~Ie
wnlk–
men,
hy
t1.ismcthr.., !, cf)ulrl ncvt"r
eX"\'I..'t1
¡if;y
indlf
e;
in Icnr.tlt ,
~nd
a prl'rnnil""tl 1lTt'"iI
Ir ,
lll(.,de "It,tt
were Ltrgcr wcrc tl l,
'Ay'}
((IulI.I
ro
\\'.HI'.
\/hich pre–
"Lnttd Ih!:Jn frurn ;lfteélinri the ohj
ni
r·
;;'JI.4r1y.
~nd
"'.nterl fllbll.,nee to Ue",
die
n"CI O ...
y
J'.li"clin~.
T !tef"
i:n:,"rf,élior.s I
al' ;
been rcmedi '.d
lo)
,tn ,nHntialt vf
e
L ;\
Ih..:
Si~l1r i\ ~)rJ!""n
T h':\J rt,
il!
1 '¡,. r'I~~' .
;¡"l·t
(dlC' F U
I.b~g,
(,),
c,¡/~lng
ur
I llflHUl,S
L,' .~t,
,id C!.S
11 •
•
~i.,b
111
.h ~
ftl!l(IWI IW m.lnr,er.
c'i""K'
~1:"" flIJI.'JJ:'~
1;.'
I.II;p · hd:i"'f!
(,LA SS
P!./Id,
Tht!
IllIn,u.:c
e,
[,1! 2.
1$
01 a vr:ry
I.l r~¡,l·
Jlllk'nf;UIl, em'l ·
loncd willl
(1..'\ 1..'1"111
(I1'cn~ ,
01¡lIlnt:,tllI.g
flllll:,Cl:~,
c..
li,>l
e""l".rlles, bdidl's mhers f<lr
fII.tk,tlg of frit , :tud c.d·
eiolng 01.1 pieees of gl.tls. TI:is furn ."". bclole it is
fi t
10
ruo gl. Ii , colls
3
jCO
I
It
fddont
1.,11,
aboce
t¡lrce rears, anJ ellen in
that
time
i¡
Illua
he rdittcd
every 'fix mOlll hs. It t., kes fi x months
10
ref¡uil" it;
"nd three montl" tO,.fit it. Themelting< polS ere as
uig as l.trge hogOreJds. and eontaio auout
: 000
\Veight
~f
metal.
If
One o( them uudls in the Itl roace, the
¡ofs of tlrc m.nter anJ time amotltllS
10 250 1.
The
h<at of this
(urn.eeis fo imen!c, lhat a
b"
of i,oo
l. id a' the moullt thereof become,
r.tIhot in krs tiran
h. lr a minute. T hc materi,ls in lhefe POt, arc the
fame as defcriucd ucfare ; and
A
is the man breakin"
the (,it for that purpofe. When the furnaee js rel
Ilot, therc
matcri.lsare put in at three dilruent times,
beeAuf" that htl ps the fulion:
~nd
in l\Venly.four hours
they ue vitritied, refinrd, rcttlcd, antl (,t for ealling.
H
is the uoeea, or mou th of the ("rn,ee ; K is the ci–
llero that eonveys the liquid
gl.fsit reeeives out of the
meltio;¡' potS in lhe furnaee
10
th" ealling table. Th&
eineros are filJed in the fUI nace, and rcmain therein
lix hOllrs afttr they are filled ; and theo are hooked out
by the means of a large iron ehain, euided by a pu l–
ley marked l, and plaeed upon a earriage \Vith lour
uheels marked
L,
by twO mco
P P.
T his earriage
has 00 middle
piee~;
fo that ",hen it has brouglrt the
ciOern
10
the eaning.u ble M, lhey Oip ofF Ihe botlom
of the cinero, and
,·ut
rUnleS a tOrrent of O.lruiog mat–
ter
0,
op"n the tabl": this malter is eonfi oed
10
eer.
taio dimeofions by th, iron rulers N, N, N, \Vhieh are
movea~lc,
rctain the O"id matler, aod detcrmine the
width of the
gl.fs; ",hi le a mao R, \Vith the roller
Q
rdling on lhe ed¡:e of the i, oo r:tlers, rcdueeth jt as it
eools to an
re!,,,
I thie{¡nef's, whieh js done in the fpaee
of a minole. T !tis tJule is fu pponed on a \Vooden
frame, \\ i,h truO les for the ennveoienee of mOl'irg
10
the
:4nnc,tltn~
f'u rnttce ; ¡otO which, Orewcd
Wllh
fdnd,
the new pl,te is 1I""',,d,
\1
here it \Vi II harden in .uout
tcndays ¡Irter t!ti" the glaís nelJs.onl)' ue grouotl,
polrlhld, .tld f"r.t(·d for ul<.
C,.im/UI¡ and
p,,/i//Ji,.!:
~r
t/{/I:·GL ASS. Cl.tís is made
t"nfparent uv fire, um it receiVls irs lllllrt hy the O,ilJ
and I.,bour of th e grinJcr , nd p"liOter, t!1e former of
\Vhom I.,kcs il
rOIl~h
Ollt of the hJnd, of the m:tker.
In Olll.:r
10
griod pl:nc
gl.fs,tlley lay it hllrtlOOlally
"?nn a I:'tt f!o:lc· tablc, (Ii;: 3.) m,d" of a I'c'ry fin,–
gfJined Lec IltI"e; and lúr ilS W¡',ilcr fe..mity they
pl,lI" it d"wlt \Vith "ote, or lIucc,,: lOor o: I.'·I'\I'il" tire
force of
rh~
"0' klllen. or the modolt ,,( thc w"eel
\VIII:
I'/hieh they gllnd it, " oldel ml'l'e it aLom.
T I", I!IIIt< I.lulc 15 I"PP"""" uy
~
Ilr"ng !'raote
A,
mad\: uf \\(Iod.
\'.'ilh
a b lge
~lIi (c
roun,l
it~
c,,'.I¡.!cs,
ri .
fi ng
~!1CI1lI
tW()
incht~.hil~1
tr
Ih,111 Ihe
J;Lds. Upnnthis
AI..!s 1<1 be I',ollod, l': ldl" "",tI:cr 1<I"I,h glals not
~.
~ov~
I,,!!' lJ
u;~,
JI,d
Je,
Iv"lo ., tv 11..1-. uj'on il;
!'II
u:ull lllld