author
T.-P. Danger
A practical French glassworker from early-19th-century Paris, remembered for a clear, hands-on guide to making scientific instruments from glass. His surviving work opens a window onto the craft skills behind barometers, thermometers, and other tools of experimental science.
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About the author
Little seems to be firmly documented about T.-P. Danger beyond his work, but contemporary English publication notes describe him as a French artist and glassworker based in Paris. In the introduction to the 1831 English translation of The Art of Glass-Blowing, he is described as someone who prepared glass instruments for sale and taught others how to make them.
Danger is best known for L'art du souffleur à la lampe, a French manual on lampworking and glass-blowing that was translated into English as The Art of Glass-Blowing. The book explains how to make glass apparatus used in chemistry and physics, including barometers, thermometers, hydrometers, funnels, syphons, and other laboratory pieces.
What makes his writing stand out is its plain, practical spirit. Rather than treating glasswork as a mysterious specialty, the book breaks it into usable methods for students, artisans, and curious readers who wanted to build scientific tools for themselves.