CONTENTS

CHAP.   PAGE
 
  PREFACE V
 
I. HISTORY 1
 
II. THE CHEMISTRY OF GLASS-MAKING AND THE MATERIALS USED 4
 
III. THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GLASS 15
 
IV. THE COMPOSITION OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GLASS 24
 
V. COLOURED GLASS AND ARTIFICIAL GEMS 28
 
VI. DECOLORIZERS 32
 
VII. THE REFRACTORY MATERIALS USED 36
 
VIII. GLASS HOUSE FURNACES 43
 
IX. GLASS-MELTING POTS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE 59
 
X. LEHRS AND ANNEALING 71
 
XI. THE MANIPULATION OF GLASS—GLASSMAKERS’ TOOLS AND MACHINES 76
 
XII. CROWN, SHEET, AND PLATE GLASS 89
 
XIII. TUBE, CANE, AND CHEMICAL GLASSWARE 96
 
XIV. OPTICAL GLASS 104
 
XV. DECORATIVE GLASSWARE 108
 
XVI. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN METHODS OF GLASS MANUFACTURE COMPARED 118
 
  APPENDIX 123
 
  INDEX 125