The Panola weekly star., 1885-12-05
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II hays heard N IN inslasca In whloh
y ohlmh'f' ailff b'ihR elenDn1, was
placed IN n saueef upon pantry shelf
MOI "ng Mt"f asfabRs erheklhK sound
was beafh ~ llls pantry investigation
showed ihal The saucer vas lilled With
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WllllphH ~ Inlnuls parhHies ~ glass,
wbIch were sun 4llrring and efackllng.
bVlhehtly ihe chimney hah sponiA"
heou'ly crumbled W fragments ~ tbs
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case u We other such occurrences nrc
not ~ ali hno9innon, thphRh they can
HoWoriy pe hhih W w frequent lhey
afs' Perhhps' more common IN lamp
enlinneys lhnn 10 olher wares have
kno"n chihnol althehea 10 mmp
susPehnod over dlpner taple tohy INTO
fragments without apparent cause
sPreahihg conservation among tho
guests ana spolllng the dlnher' NIL.
non minute particles oi glass scattered
over dlhner 'aDlo Is not conducive toa
good appetlte' but men, nave known
other hruoies oi glassware W eNPlohc,
sometimes WIN louu report lnmbiers'
goble's ana wine glasses sometimes ny.
ing lnto fragments without tbe least
warning onch occurrences hundred
years ago were uhdouoediy regarueda ny
supernaturaL
'Mhat IL thc cause oi such explo-
sions,
ihcy may oe traced 70 n variety OF
causes a lamp chlmney' when heated'
VIII sometimes Dreak from uhegual eN'
pans'oh' Careiessly made chlmneys
o''en vary IN thickness, ana thus the
expansion ny heat IS unequal IN different
places hence the breakhgc' Bnt chin
neys when not IN use and other articles
OF glassware which explode suddenly,
arelmproperly or imperiectly annealed.
NOW, here are these inkstands,'
continued Mr.. koby, taking from the
table large square inkstand OF solid
crystal, they are liable to break direct.
ly across the center az even as though
cut bya diamond. They are so thick
that they are cooled uneycnly In the an.
healing process, and the weakest point
Is through the center. One may last
lifetime and one may break In night.
and the janltor or office boy be blamed
Tor his carelessness the next day"
Mr.. Dougherty, nm old, practical
glass-maker. for many years In the EN-
ploy OF the New England Glass Works
nj Cambridge, said:
III IL not uncommon for glassware In
various forms to explode without warn
ing and often with sharp report l
remember that as much M forty years
ago Il was not uncommon for people
TO rush TO the works, rs pale rs ghosts,
saying that dozen tumblers upon a
shelf had exploded, and they were
afraid that II foretold death or other
calamity In the family. IL was the old
superstition. you see. But II was only
imperfect anncaling that caused II. The
art was not understood so well In those
days rs now. There Is one odd thing,
that tnmbler or goblet which Is badly
nnnealed viii explode II spoon, fork
or other hard substance Is stirred about
init
yes" interrupted q bystander; III
remember hearing o' gentleman who
left = wine glass with spoon In II on
n sideboard while he left the room foi
moment, When he returned the
spoon was lying on the marble and the
sldeboard WIS covered with fragment:
OF glass As no one had been near II
the gentleman was greatly mystiiied.'
That's u" said Mr.. Dougherty,
"rhe weight OF the spoon In the wine
glass caused II TO explode. Why Il IL,
! don't know but II Is so. ..
what Is the annealing processP
was asked.
The articles OF glass, after they are
hnished' are placed In an oven about
seventy'iiye feet long, which Is heated
oaooul Two hundred degrees at one end
and Is cold at the other. The glass Is
placed at the hot end, and when thor
oughly heated Is moved TWO feet away