Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-16
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Class Ware,

LIZ iii9t S'iSOOf " VI Vi RidsP hita
mAde bJ9 one of those accidents, !
Which happening to an ilEquisitiNe
mind, often lead to The mos It impot !
tant and unl2okel-l3r fesulI IS. Plipy,
an ancient writer, tells us that some
merchant5 were driven. bya storm, to
take shelter near the nduth Of a
river, in Syria, where / hey we're
obliged 70 continue for sew eral days.
THY landed, therefore, al ID made a
Gfd Oh tie sands on the edgeof the
DIRE, in order to cook heir food;
.apl they ga hered the 4 lid plants
gr48ing about, for fuel. Up their
gr4at surprise, when theif e re was
c&tinguished, they discoveredIc ertain
Jumps, Of h haletranspdrelit sub
stance, which glittdred almost Ike
Ipl4cious ston4ss
Some f39rsops who heard Of This
gohder made inquiry as to the plants
used; which they found to be Wllat is
cpnmolsy called h4tJi. They tried
experiments, by burning this plant;
but nothing came Of It; they then
burned some Of tNith some Of the
sand intcsmingled; and soon found,
they could thus form, at pleas re, The
Substance nov called glqss The
llebple Of the neighboring q s., ST.
don, were very Industrious in pursu-
ing the discovery, and they estab-
lished 4 lnanul;lctory ioT the adpply Of
fall the countries round.
The glasB then manufacture Il, must
Ihafe been mach inferior to What is
now prodlccd; materials so coarse,
ard So little selected, e3uIsl ID t llrn-
ISL m elegpnt fabric.
/ Sand, aud the ashes, or salt + of the
plant kali Twill make glass, II lneIted
together ill 4 fierce Gre Bat, iin the
present day, other things are ADDED,
lin order To render itlbli Iliant!y dear,
On to give it some beautiful Color
The salts requisite are called, from
The origiual plant, alhdl.cs. lasiead
sof sand, Which is a mixture # many
STONY Substances, clear flint, gtoanE
Ito powder, is used for the finest sped
imea4; but this is two expensive fdl
common d Sc. Sands, which, under
the Inicrpscope, appear white, an.
Ihalf transparent, do well.
Il Some stones found in rivers ar
excellent, rs ;le' many in our grave
pits; but the white sand is III great
lest repuie. Manganese, led, anC
! nitre, are in use, as additions, bui
very spaIingly; these tend to ,rendel
? the CLASS more clear, and col9fless,
J not added in great quantities.
, T8oehundrel weight Of this Whit
sand, on stones pounded SINAI ], IS 40
ded to g. r. herM9fe tlan haE1 lhft guam
tlty Of pearl.&8l men T. 'AE alk@il
this IS kept IN furnace lor + bout a.
! hour, hy WINCH time fhe mass
melted and well iheorpof atedI togeth
CT Th4 fire IS then grcdtly II
/. ! IcreasFd, and continued I4r ii feshonr
Tmorei by winch time the mass be
comes What IS now qenoA1aafeq ll9,
!, As, F. mftallqrg.y, many res WI
not nlelt Withou Y something, cdl4a {
fa1, 70 malle t1em low, So lcFe, I'll
t tcrysta Island IS melted by tAf help
the al Rllnc 81! IS; ana pclh9 FaA las
lone body, IS ready 70 use
Ii you should 50 into glass
: house, yoa would see a man v l3o has
; long tube Of ir9n n his haii J. L,
H dips one end into . pot eli meltel
glass some Of which sticks to the lrol
tube. fhe glass II that stat g IS al
most liquid, and viii run ai|y way
/ The ir3A being hollow he can tioF
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