Modern glass practice
By: by Samuel R. Scholes.
Contributors: State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Industrial Publications
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Glass manufacture.; Glass.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Text for students of glass technology. Explores all aspects of glass.
Notes: "Several chapters of this book have already appeared serially in Ceramic industry."--Author's pref.

First edition published in 1935.

Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes "References" and index.
Table of contents: value: The glassy state; value: Elementary chemistry for glassmaking; value: The glass-making oxides; value: Glass composition and crystalline phases; value: Chemical composition of commercial glasses / Donald E. Sharp; value: Raw materials; value: Batches and calculations; value: Handling and mixing raw materials; value: Combustion and fuels; value: Furnaces; value: Viscosity; value: The melting process; value: The principles of glassworking; value: Mechanical glassworking; value: Strain and annealing; value: Color; value: Opal and alabaster glasses / H.H. Blau; value: Decorative processes; value: Mechanical properties of glass / Frank W. Preston; value: Other physical properties; value: Weathering and durability; value: Testing glass and glassware; value: Optical glass; value: Defects in glassware; value: Glasshouse refractories.