Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 59
s cut into suitable lengthswhile hot by taking hold of it with cold tongs. The diameter of the bore retains its proportion to thethickness of the glass; hence thin tubes must be drawnfrom globes blown to large size, or from small onescontaining very little metal. In producing canes theglass is…
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