Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing

This exercise is most easily learned on tubing with an exterior diameter of 1/4 inch, or a little less, having moderately heavy walls. A piece of such tubing is heated before th...

This is commonly used in many forms of apparatus for gas analysis, and one is often called upon to join two pieces or to make a tee on it. The methods are nearly the same as wit...

=Cutting the Glass.=--For this purpose a "glass-knife" is preferred to a file, if the glass is cold: if it is hot a file must always be used, and its edge slightly moistened to...

This first method can be used whenever one can work through an open end opposite to the end of the tube where the joint is to be made. To illustrate it, take a piece of rather t...

One of the most important factors in the success of any piece of glass-blowing is the glass employed. As is well known, there are two general varieties of glass: Lead glass and...