Sauzay, A. (Alexandre), 1804-1870 · London, S. Low, son, and Marston · leaf 73
ss from them. We may remark that the fire of the glass-makers furnaces is never extinguished. When a pot is empty, fresh vitrifiable materials are at once introduced through the working- hole, so that the manufacture ceases only when the furnace is so worn that a new one must be constructed. A… … Fig. II. — POTS. ^^The pots which serve for melting the glass," says the learned M. A. Peligot,* "vary in form and dimension, being either round, oval, or rectangular. For crystal made at the coal-mine, they are closed and shaped like a retort, with a * ' Douze lemons sur I'Art de la Verrerie.' E
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