Chapter II: Preface: V

I. HISTORY 1

II. THE CHEMISTRY OF GLASS-MAKING AND THE 4
MATERIALS USED

III. THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF 15
GLASS

IV. THE COMPOSITION OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS 24
OF GLASS

V. COLOURED GLASS AND ARTIFICIAL GEMS 28

VI. DECOLORIZERS 32

VII. THE REFRACTORY MATERIALS USED 36

VIII. GLASS HOUSE FURNACES 43

IX. GLASS-MELTING POTS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE 59

X. LEHRS AND ANNEALING 71

XI. THE MANIPULATION OF GLASS—GLASSMAKERS’ 76
TOOLS AND MACHINES

XII. CROWN, SHEET, AND PLATE GLASS 89

XIII. TUBE, CANE, AND CHEMICAL GLASSWARE 96

XIV. OPTICAL GLASS 104

XV. DECORATIVE GLASSWARE 108

XVI. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN METHODS OF GLASS 118
MANUFACTURE COMPARED