The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-02-28

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This liquor was poured into the
glass, and then, looking through it,
it seemed to be filled with fishes.
They turned this out and repeated
the experiment, and again it was
filled with fish The Chinese con-
fessed that they did not make them;
that they were the pluLder of some
foreign conquest. This is not a
singular thing in Chinese history,
for in some of their scientific dis
coveries we have found evidence
that they did not make them, but
stole them.
The second story, ofhalf a dozen,
certainly five, relates to the age Of
Tiberius, the time of'St. Paul, and
tells Of a Roman who had been
banishel and whoreturned to Rome,
bringing a wonderful cup. This
cup he dashed upon the marble
pavement, and it was crushed, not
I broken, by the fall. II was dented
some, and with hammer he easily
brought it into shape again. II was
brilliant, transparent, but not brit
tie. | had a wine-glass when |
made this talk in New Haven, and
among the audience was the owner,
Professor Silliman. He was kind
enough to come to the platform
when / had ended and say that he
was familiar with most of my facts;
but, speaking Of malleable glass, he
had this to say-that it was nearly
a natural impossibility, and that no
amount of evidence which colld be
brought would make him credit it.
Well, the Romans got their chem
istry from the Arabians; they
brought it into Spain eight centur-
les ago, and in their books of that
age they claim that they got from
the Arabiansmall glass, There
is kind Of glass spoken of there
that, if supported by aeo end, by
its own weight ia twenty hours
would dwindle down to a fine line,
which could be curved around the
wrist. Won Beust the Chancellor
Of Austria has ordered secrecy in
Hungary in regard to recently
discovered process by which glass
can be used exactly like wool and
manufactured INTO cloth.
These are a few records. When
you 60 to Rome they will show
you bit Of glass like the solid rim
ofthis tumbler--a transparent glass,
q solid thing, which they lift up SO
as to show you that there is nothing
concealed, but III the center Of the
glass is a drop Of colored glass, per-
haps as large as pea, mottled like
q duck, finely mottled with the
shifting colored hues Of the neck,
and which even a miniature pencil
could not do more perfectly. 1t is
manifest that this drop Of liquid
glass must have been poured, be-
cause there is no joint. This must
have been done by q greater heat
than the annealing process, because
that process shows breaks
The imitation ot gems has de-
ceived not only the lay people, but
the connoisseurs. Some of these
limitations in later years have been
discovered. The celebrated vase OF
the Genoa Cathedral was consider
ed a solid emerald. The Roman
Catholic legend OF it was that it
was one OF the treasures that the
Queen Of Sheba gave to Solomon,
and that it was the identical cup
out OF which the Saviour drank at
the Last supper. Columbus must
have admired it. 1t was venerable
in his day; it was death for any,
body to touch it but a Catholic
priest. And when Napoleon be.
sieged Genoa--l mean the Great
Napoleon--it was offered by the
Jews to loan the Senate 81, ,000,O 900
on that single article Of security.
Napoleon took it and carried il 70
France, and gave il totlle Institute.
Somewhat reluctantly the scholars
said: "it il not D stone; we hardly
know what it is"
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