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Bernard D. (Bernard Dell) Bolas

b. 1893

Best known for practical books on scientific glassworking, this early 20th-century writer helped explain the craft behind making and shaping laboratory apparatus. His surviving bibliography points to a hands-on interest in the tools and techniques of experimental work.

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A handbook of laboratory glass-blowing

A handbook of laboratory glass-blowing

by Bernard D. (Bernard Dell) Bolas

About the author

Published records for this author are sparse, but library and public-domain catalog listings identify Bernard D. Bolas—also given as Bernard Dell Bolas—as the author of technical works on glassworking for laboratories.

His best-known title is A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing, and archive listings also connect him with Glass-blowing, Applied to Laboratory Work. Together, those works suggest a writer focused on clear, practical instruction for students, technicians, and scientists who needed to make or modify their own glass apparatus.

A First World War memorial record lists a Bernard Dell Bolas born in 1893; because detailed biographical sources are limited, it is safest to treat that birth year as likely rather than fully confirmed here. I wasn’t able to verify a reliable portrait image from the available sources.