The art of glass-blowing : $b or Plain instructions for making the chemical and philosophical instruments which are formed of glass

THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING, OR PLAIN INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING THE CHEMICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE FORMED OF GLASS; SUCH AS BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS, HYDROMETERS, Hour-Glasses, Funnels, Syphons, TUBE VESSELS FOR CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS, TOYS FOR RECREATIVE PHILOSOPHY, &c. BY A FRENCH ARTIST. ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY BUMPUS AND GRIFFIN, 3, SKINNER-STREET; AND RICHARD GRIFFIN AND CO. GLASGOW: SOLD ALSO BY STILLIES, BROTHERS, EDINBURGH. 1831.

THE POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY.

JUST PUBLISHED, PRICE HALF-A-CROWN, VOL. I. of the POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY, Neatly printed in 18mo. and bound in Cloth, containing THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING, Or Plain Instructions for Making the CHEMICAL & PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH ARE FORMED OF GLASS; Such as BAROMETERS, THERMOMETERS, HYDROMETERS, Hour-Glasses, Funnels, Syphons, TUBE-VESSELS FOR CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS, TOYS FOR RECREATIVE PHILOSOPHY, &c. BY A FRENCH ARTIST. ILLUSTRATED BY UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED FIGURES, Elegantly engraved on Copper plates.

THE FOLLOWING WORKS, INTENDED TO FORM PART OF THE POLYTECHNIC LIBRARY, Are nearly ready for Publication. THE DOMESTIC CHEMIST; Comprising Instructions for THE DETECTION OF ADULTERATIONS In numerous Articles employed in DOMESTIC ECONOMY & THE ARTS. To which is prefixed, THE ART OF DETECTING POISONS IN FOOD AND ORGANIC MIXTURES.

THE PERFUMER’S ORACLE.

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.

AUTHOR’S PREFACE.

THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING. I.—Instruments employed in Glass-Blowing.

THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING. II.—Preliminary Notions of the Art.

THE ART OF GLASS-BLOWING. III.—Fundamental Operations in Glass-Blowing.