UNBREAKABLE GLASS.
I-urir- the demon.-Lration cf spinning, wearing, knitting, and blowing glass at. the Amqriczn (jls«3 on the Alctropolit;m Show Grounds to-day and the operatives will demonstrate sad chow. the actual manufacture of' nn broiikablr glass. This glaaa is taken from their -specially constructed furnace, then pttached lo a largo wheel revolving at a speed of JOOO resolutions a, minute. The glass is 1 then •• taken from the• wheel and tied in knots. This -glass is thouspnds of feet in. length ajid finer than silk. Other creations made entirely of glass in their beautiful natural colours are smoking pipes, ehipa with outspread sails kangnroo, lizard;, snakes, kiwis, ana ewans —manufactured from the raw material without the aid of moulds of any J.,'... Thle -, indeed .t unique exhibition, and Show visitors should make it a, point to see the glass work 3in fulL operation. <. Their.';large -marquee ' mil be found, in the amuserfient section; '
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 4
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152UNBREAKABLE GLASS. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18229, 13 November 1924, Page 4
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