Sauzay, A. (Alexandre), 1804-1870 · London, S. Low, son, and Marston · leaf 122
of glass, gives it a rotatory move- ment, by which means the glass ball becomes lengthened. The blower then takes the pipe, places the glass ball in an earthen mould surrounded with iron bands, blows, and this mass, just now so shapeless, becomes a bottle. The bottle is not yet finished however,… … Fig. 19. — MANUFACTURE OF BOTTLES. — PREPARATION OF THE GLASS. The first of these operations is performed by pressing the lower part of the bottle with a conical instrument as soon as it comes out of the mould ; the second by winding a thick glass thread round the extremity of the neck ; and the…
Glass manufacture · Glassware
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