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  • This was to be a fine quality of flint-glass, and to it might be added coloring-matter of any desired tint; but in the choice and proportion of this lay one of the principal secrets of the art.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various

  • This flint-glass melts the easiest, and common bottle-glass takes the longest.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various

  • The flint-glass tube is then fused down upon the platinum wire, care being taken to avoid the presence of air bubbles.

    On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

  • These are all flint-glass, you understand; the principal window-glass factories are in the southern part of New Jersey, and in

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various

  • The Early Works made a specialty of flint-glass crystal, and cut and engraved ware for domestic and ornamental use, also of the finer qualities of shades for lamps and chandeliers.

    Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls Fannie E. Newberry

  • For this purpose the flint-glass tube is pulled down till it will just slip over the stem and wire, and is cut off so as to leave about half a centimetre of platinum wire projecting.

    On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

  • From some experiments of the writer upon the subject, it may be concluded that at the most quartz which has been fused expands only about one-fifth as fast as flint-glass, at all events between 20° and 70° C. § 84.

    On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

  • At the close of the operation a single drop of white enamel glass is fused round the platinum wire at a high temperature, so as to make a good joint with the protecting flint-glass tube.

    On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

  • B. W.G -- the exact size is unimportant -- must be provided, also some sheet aluminium about 1 millimetre thick, some white enamel cement glass, and a "cane" of flint-glass tube of a few millimetres bore.

    On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

  • Take a piece of flint-glass, beat it to a fine powder, and grind it well with the white of an egg, and it joins china without riveting, so that no art can break it in the same place.

    Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young

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