The life, times, and scientific labours of the second Marquis of Worcester : to which is added a reprint of his Century of inventions, 1663, with a commentary thereon (1865)
Dircks, Henry, 1806-1873 · London : B. Quaritch · leaf 576
WITH NOTES. 543 He figures a blow-pipe for glass-working, as in tlicannexed engraving, which he thus describes :— … u Let there be a vessell of coppei- about the bignesseof a common foot-ball, as A ; let it have a long pipe atthe top as D, which must be made so that you mayupon occasion screw on lesser, or bigger vents madefor the purpose. Fill this one-third part with water, andset it over a furnace of coals,…
Worcester, Edward Somerset, Marquis of, 1601-1667 · Inventions · Industrial arts -- History
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