Notes:
Includes index.
c. 2 Gift; Charles G. and Mary Lammon Nitsche; 2015
Contents:
The glassy state --
Elementary chemistry for glassmaking --
The glass-making oxides --
Glass composition and crystalline phases --
Chemical composition of commercial glasses / Donald E. Sharp --
Raw materials --
Batches and calculations --
Handling and mixing raw materials --
Combustion and fuels --
Furnaces --
Viscosity --
The melting process --
The principles of glassworking --
Mechanical glassworking --
Strain and annealing --
Color ; Opal and alabaster glasses / H.H. Blau --
Decorative processes --
Mechanical properties of glass / Frank W. Preston --
Other physical properties --
Weathering and durability --
Testing glass and glassware --
Optical glass --
Defects in glassware --
Glasshouse refractories.