Mr Fahdt, of Dresden, uses metal -wires which have been made rod-hot by electricity, for cutting glass. The apparatus consists of two iron screws, which are fastened on a plate at a distance from each other varying with the size of the object which has to be cut. The screws are in communication with the poles of a battery, and is placed round the object which has to be cut. The glass is carried by supports. When the circuit is closed the wire becomes
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2699, 1 December 1882, Page 4
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