A UNIQUE EXHIBITION.
A special \exftbitiqn was .given by' ' theAmerican jGias^/Works- at tba A. and P.Show .yesterday, aa<f a moot remarkable demonstration ' ltria.-' .'-'afterglaMb&weM" behind thoir-epecrally' constructed .furnace took molten glass, and blew, it into all. kinda of glasswart Bouvejurs ;,without the hid of mould, of any Jand.- -The ■ first aiticle ' inad© \waa a beautiful • full-rigged . Bailing-ship. . with outspreading Bails, then came the ..Austral-■ lan kangaroo and our own. native bird the kiwi. Unbrea/kable glass waa made on. a large whfeel- thousands of : feet in length, and finer than silk. Takingtho'-glaßa from the '■ wheel, the operator, tied' it in knota and bows 'to provo it c was reasonably unbreakable. ■; Then a small . piece of glass was taken from tho furnace and.-blown into a large oausage-shaped- balloon, which i' was burst, and tho glass floated in the air like flakes of pnow. The • thickneea, of this • g(aas was given as' two ten-thousandth of an' inch;. Other ''creations''made' wet©' shales,' large curling smoke pipes.,, 'the* beautiful and ' graceful swan . muT the , glass-blowers' • famous lung-tester. Thia is a unique -opportunity of. seeing this Teally interesting -and educational exhibition.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 10
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185A UNIQUE EXHIBITION. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18230, 14 November 1924, Page 10
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