Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-13

are only a few great classes or Dot
ties and his nomenclature Is as fol-
lows: Prescriptions and Walls, beers
and minerals, patent and proprietary,
liquids and TASKS, fruit jars and sun
dries. BY the records of the bottle
makers 1t Is shown that the patent
medicine output in the United States
amounts to nearly 300000,00O bottles a
year. while the liquid prescriptions
filed by the pharmacists may be twice
as many. OF course there Is no def
mite way to tell the number of pre-
scriptions filled, since some bottles get
back to the drug stores many times be-
fore finishing their career. In Eu-
rope the bottle is always charged for
In addition to the cost of the prescrip-
tion, and the result Is that the ma
jority of bottles come back again and
again.
Bottle-making is now almost an ex-
act science. The directions for maxi
ing a certain kind of color of glass are
written out with the accuracy OF q
doctors prescription. The molten glass
when ready to be turned into bottles
is contained in great lakes seventy
five feet long, sixteen feet wide and five
feet deep. The Furnaces under these
lakes are first heated by small can
dle then by q kerosene lamp, then by
easy gradations until 1t reaches the
finished bottle is allowed gradually to
pass through q declining temperature
until at last it comes out cool and
tempered bottle.
Careful studies have been made to
determine what color of glass has the
best effect on the liquids which are
put up in bottles. AS to beer, 1t has
been found that a dark reddish brown
bottle is the best, while the one of
oh mn, fu M a crnOh nTnfar-
tor of the best qualities Of beer. Green
and blue are also poor protectors. The
round d-bottomed bottle is as old as his
tory, and was first the product of ig-
norance-they did not know how to
make 1t otherwise. But modern sx-
perience teaches that for carbonated
drinks they are the best, since they
will always lie on their sides, thus
keeping the corks wet and preventing
shrinkage and consequent loss of gas.
For years there has been a constant
endeavor to perfect non-reflllable
bottle, and the patent office has been
deluged with applications for patents
for such bottles. II has been ira
dition among people everywhere tnat
a fortune awaits the man who pro-
duces such a bottle. That might have
been true some years ago, but 1t Is no
longer. The law against misbranding
prevents any wholesale fraud In using
refilled bottles. There have been hum
dreds of non-rehllable bottle patents
issued. Some of them are successful
so far as their use is concerned, but
their cost is prohibitive.
A new bottle that promises 10 be-
come popular is the poison bottle. 1t
is guaranteed to prevent the taking OF
poisons by mistake. 1t Is bottle
made with many little sharp spirfes
s,..I 4 1o laA
carefully all will be well. But the per-
son who gets hold of 1t in the dark or
when half asleep will be advised by
the telegraph that runs from his hand
to his brain that he has the wrong
bottle.
Bottle collecting has become an in
teresting pastime with many people OF
leisure, and he who ransacks the ages
since. bottles were first made down 10
date can find thousands of interesting
specimens of the glass-blowers' art. 1t
is a fad that has taken a rather deep
hold in Europe, and is being trans
ferred to America. There are some
notable collections OF bottles In the
museums of this country.
Allied to bottle-making is the max
ing of lamp chimneys. The world
owes the discovery of the lamp chim-
rev TO the restlessness of a little child.
A POOR Swiss mechanic by the name
of Argand invented new kerosene
iamp. He had the wick arranged so
that the oxygen would reach the flame
from the inside as well as from the
outside. II burned well and was Civ
ing satisfaction. But a child was play
ing with IL one day and placed wide
mouthed bottle whose bottom had
been broken out over 1t, when presto,
fine light was multiplied many times.
From that moment the lamp chimney
was a reality. Electric light bulbs are
also closely akin TO bottles, but their
manufacture is an entirely separate
industry.
Ton,orrow-The Big Red Apple.