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Scientific American, Vol. 36, No. 10 (1877) (1877)

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lty of tempering the two bodies of different specific gravity, so that they should withstand | turies ago; and in some of the tombs of Egypt are abun- but that without resting, as in the little ones, and always dant representations of Theban glassblowers (Fig. 1) at their the work of the sculptor,… … work. It isa well authenticated fact that whole streets in are represented ancient Tyre were occupied by glass factories; and for some in Fig. 9. These are yet made in centuries glass is said to have constituted almost the only, or Murano, where at least the prominent, article of trade of that…

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