CHAPTER III.

CUTTING AND BENDING GLASS--FORMING GLASS APPARATUS BEFORE THE BLOW-PIPE--MAKING AND GRINDING STOPPERS TO APPARATUS, ETC.

Cutting Glass Tubes--Bending Glass Tubes--Rounding and Bordering the Ends of Tubes--Sealing--Choking, or Contracting the Bore of a Glass Tube--Widening Tubes--Piercing Tubes--Uniting Pieces of Glass to Each Other, Known as Welding, or Soldering--Blowing a Bulb or Globe of Glass--Making and Grinding Stoppers, 26-54