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Crockery & glass journal (1875)

New York : G. Whittemore & Co. · leaf 145

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wasfirst pressed it cannot be definitely established where andby whom it was done. Taking all data obtainable, backto 1814, I believe that the pressing of glass was first ac-complished by the English. What America can claim isthe credit of having made the greatest improvement inthe construction of… … Fensterer & Ruhe, 47 Murray St. the other, until 40 per cent, of its thickness has beenubbed away, and when finished it is a polished platefrom one-quarter to three-eighths of an inch thick. Pressed glassware is turned out from a pressing ma-chine containing the mold of whatever object it is…

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