author
T.-P. Danger
A practical 19th-century French craft writer, remembered for a clear, hands-on guide to glass-blowing that helped make scientific instrument making more accessible. His work speaks to both curious beginners and serious experimenters.
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About the author
Known from the English edition of The Art of Glass-Blowing published in London in 1831, this author was presented as a French artist specializing in the making of glass instruments. The translator's note says he was working in Paris, preparing glass apparatus for sale and teaching others how to make it.
His best-known book explains how to form glass into tools and instruments such as barometers, thermometers, hydrometers, funnels, siphons, and other pieces useful in chemistry and experimental science. The emphasis is strongly practical: careful instruction, economical methods, and techniques that could help students, artisans, and experimenters build their own equipment.
Very little biographical information appears to be widely documented beyond what accompanies the book itself, so many personal details remain uncertain. Even so, the surviving work gives a vivid sense of a skilled craftsperson devoted to sharing technical knowledge in a clear, usable way.