Milford chronicle., 1885-02-13
TALKS WITH THE BOYS.
W. quad GIVES THEM LESSON IN
GLASS MAKING. ~
~esetlolnE the Different Kinds Of CIns,-
ho" Glass Is Ground and CoIored, re.
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the IFrom the Detroit Free Press.l
we're whats tbat?"
as "Glass."
ion' well, what is glass ?'
re- ''It's glass"
ord $50 il is, but what are the inoredi
ltes ents9 ? Pudding is pudding, but Il ba
ar to be made first"
IN, m '.Don't know"
dis 'Have you dictionary in the house q
ner Yes, two Of EN- -
re- well, you take down Webster and
10y turn to page 572 and you will read: "a
nd nard, brittle, transparent substance.
ity formed by fusing gsand with fixed alkalies
a NOW you've got start and we'll post
ny you up bit on glass. "
r' Glass is nodded, blown and rolled
tl Inc big sheets of plate glass Won see in
h, ihe store windows are mostly of English
ny ana French make. We have inst as
IL good machinery and workmen in This
y country, but it would seem that the ma
terlals are not as good, for American
If plate glass takes second rank. The
4 sheets are rolled on hot iron beds. with
d Ied not rollers, and it is a tidy bit of
# work to turn out the big panes free from
e iiaWs. 1t is said that there are only two
n localities in America where sand for tbe |
manufacture of the best glass can be |
nad, and there are several countries in |
/ Earope without a grain.
/ IL isn't so many hundred years 400
that the houses of kings and emperors
we're without pane of glass, and long
enough aiter the substance was known,
glass; was made only for the nobility. In
oullulng houses even fifty years ago
glass was looked upon as one of the big
] Items of pVnnnaa onI fo- !
sashes were fashioned to receive small
panes. Up to 1860 a store window
which had pane 36x4O was looked mon
( as mammoth concern, and the GLASS
was onl y common at that Nowadays :
panes six feet by ten, and half an inch
thick, are plenty enough" &"
Blue, red and other colored glass are n
simply the plain glass covered with a p
preparation and submitted to a baking b
until the color sets fast. a,
All tho hand work on stained oloss IN
such as flowers, birds and borders IS nni pe
on with the brush and the glass Is then ST
baked like the other. Just what fbe We
preparations are the glass men will NOT
tel you, each manufacturer seeming to
nave some secret which he does NOT ii,, it
want another to discover. an,
EHorts have been made for a good fer
many years past to render glass MALE. sup
lDle IN order that it might replace iron. MAJ
IN !. and earthenware to a great extent. q
L THIS discovery could be made it wouId = ssAti
'e good bye to the tin str-1r :. stock; is.e is.s
ms "',sil.s .l'l- set 1t aside vi
u 1 IAN any -ais9~ .ylos. all our r
-, pals, kettles, spiders, pie by
ms and so on would be of glass, able to
tand any heat and warranted not to 7
Freak when flung across the house. or =
Do you know anything about ground SOY
lass -? Did you ever wonder how the I,,eI UaI
hanging baskets and beautiful scrolls effo
displayed on the glass panels of front it is
oors were placed there Come with wor
ne into the works and we'll post up Ine TlN,
bout it. a,,d noi
In the first place all the glass received unf,
, plain. The first move with ground Pre-.
lass is TO frost it. They were a good "
lany years finding out how to do this, you
nd very simple thing gave them the rour
lue. An English servant maid found P
ome paint on a window which would now
OF wash off. She took a smooth pebble GaiI M
nd some sand and secured away, and ASS
he not only removed the paint but
osted that portion of the glass. The
lass men soon had the correct idea, and
bout five feet wide and ten feet long. shov
it'll depth of about a foot It is hung .o 81
q iron rods so that it rocks like a cradle So ~
the steam power is applied to the ma choi,
linery. The glass is laid fiat in the West
Jx, covered with wet sand and pebbles, conn
ID the shaking begins. The pebbles . Ca aa
Id sand shaking over the surface of the Ia
ass scratch it and produce the frosting. dinal
takes about an hour and q quarter to Penn
,mpiete the work, but this hOmely in II
ntion accomplishes as much in that soi3o ff .
nc as a diligent man could in two weeks salt
2 hand. Ho
When the glass has been frosted it is yearl
ady for the artist. He takes it to his PoH
nch and draws the pattern in crayon, HoTS W9
us making black and distinct lines wauk
lich show through the glass. white
When the grinder takes it in hand he s+ooGl o0R
s before a revolving grindstone which ejft dejive
S been turned to an edge hardly wider Size.
An the blade of a table knife. One lyere
indstone cuts straight lines, another hYE
e curves and so on to the number of
e or six. The side on which the pat 40 PLo 10
Il is drawn is held on the stone, and amber
must have true eye and a steady 49c.
nd. If he deviates from the lines his PET
TX is spoiled, for the eye can at once Voc
.ect the carelessness. An adept will s'g4o
nd scrolls, bouquets and the finest
rk as neatly and rapidly as an artist FLol
draw them. M Gedlul
Where colored glass is ground the b BTrT1 n,
tern Is made by simply grinding out dairy
color, which leaves the Ornamental CHEZ
in white and the body of the glass 8t4s 4.A
color. There are only about twenty
ground glass factories in the United D..
nTaH fIna .~n.
n averages 50 per day the yearround. $50
the grindstOnes are imported from EAST
quarry in Scotland, there being no 81
le IN any other country go well fitted "a ~ iSn s1
the work. 59g 81 9S,s
lat for the common glass lamp chin r.. ..
s what would our immense wealth of apply 10
)sene oil amount to? It isn't so
! ago that the first chimneys were EssR
e, and q manufacturer SAYS that il A 8
a greater invention and prolific OF VA
g hard study than any piece of com IA q
lted machinery.
ne hrst bottles made would sell now
7aluable relics. Even down TO fifty
s ago they were rough and uncouth.
no pretense to symmetry. It was Z
same with the first tumblers and ~
cts. People bought them as orna- ZZ
IS and curiosities, and only visitors =
allowed to drink from them. Such y
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:. o, i
out fifteen miles from Richmond. Cures RI
il q farm house with eoD,o ~ a. lumf
--Se'9S WIN SOA44S VI tl6 Sore Throa
window panes brought to America. IN, c.,,.
are 10xl2 in size and were brought ThECH
IN the sash. At that time the nse ~ "