A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 509
r rod, against which the cylinder is held with one hand,while a moving diamond is passed around the bottom and 116 PAINTING AND DECORATING. 18 cuts the glass off perfectly even and straight. The cylinderis then transferred to the splitting block shown in Fig. 70,where another diamond moving in a… … Fig. 70. flat pane of glass. When cooled sufficiently to handle, it iscut in panes and packed for shipment. Sheet glass is usedfor building purposes in three qualities, similar to crown glass;namely, best, seconds, and thirds, and each quality isapplied to similar purposes as the same named quality…
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