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White Table Glass

Fuse toble, and fusible; but it sometimes exhibits othexhibits other qualities. The principle of its production is gether 40 pounds potashes, 11 chalk, 76 sand, very simple, although skill and experience are 1/2 part manganese, 95 white cullet. Or: 50 necessary to insure excellence. Silica (com- parts purified potashes, 100 sand, 20 chalk, monly under the form of sand) is heated with and 2 saltpetre. 2 saltpetre. 2347.

Crystal Glass. Take 60 parts pucarbonate of potassa or soda and slaked lime or oxide of lead, until the mixture fuses and rified potashes, 120 sand, 24 chalk, 2 saltpetre, combination takes place. When the mass be- 2 arsenious acid, 16 part manganese. Or: comes perfectly limpid and free from air bub- Purified pearlashes, 70 parts; 120 white sand; bles, it is allowed to cool until it assumes the 10 saltpetre; 1/2 part arsenious acid; and 1 the 10 saltpetre; & part arsenious acid; and peculiar tenacious condition for working. part manganese. Or: 67 parts sand, 23 puri GLASS. fied pearlashes, 10 sifted slacked lime, + part parts; dry carbonate of soda, 26½ parts; manganese, 5 to 8 red lead. lime, 4 parts; nitre, 1½ parts; broken plate White glass, 25 parts.

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